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UNINA9910818611803321 |
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Titolo |
Smoking : risk, perception & policy / / Paul Slovic, editor |
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Thousand Oaks, CA, : Sage Publications, c2001 |
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ISBN |
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1-322-41665-6 |
0-7619-2380-2 |
1-4522-6701-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiii, 378 p.) : ill |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Smoking - Health aspects |
Nicotine - Health aspects |
Cigarette smokers - Attitudes |
Cigarette smokers - Health risk assessment |
Risk perception |
Smoking - Government policy |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-376) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Preface; Part I: INTRODUCTION; 1 - The Risks of Active and Passive Smoking; 2 - A Profile of Smokers and Smoking; Part II: PERCEPTIONS OF RISK BY ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS; 3 - What do young people think they know about the risks of smoking?; 4 - The role of perceived risk in starting and stopping smoking; 5 - Smokers' recognition of their vulnerability to harm; 6 - Cigarette smokers; Part III: MEDIA INFLUENCE ON SMOKING; 7 - Advertising, smoker imagery, and the diffusion of smoking behavior; Part IV: ADDICTION; 8 - The nature of nicotine addiction |
9 - A visceral account of addiction10 The Catch-22 of Smoking and Quitting; Part V: LEGAL AND POLICY PERSPECTIVES; 11 - The Joint Failure of Economic Theory and Legal Regulation; 12 - Tobacco and Public Health Policy; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; References; Index; About the Contributors |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The basis for this study are two extensive telephone surveys (designed by Slovic and the other contributors to this volume) that were |
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