Smoking [[electronic resource] ] : risk, perception & policy / / Paul Slovic, editor

• Pubblicazione: Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 378 p.) : ill
• Disciplina: 362.296
• Soggetto topico: Smoking - Health aspects; Nicotine - Health aspects; Cigarette smokers - Attitudes; Cigarette smokers - Health risk assessment; Risk perception; Smoking - Government policy
• Altri autori: SlovicPaul <1938->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-376) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: The basis for this study are two extensive telephone surveys (designed by Slovic and the other contributors to this volume) that were conducted between 1999- 2000, recording the responses of over 4000 people.
• Titolo autorizzato: Smoking
• ISBN: 1-322-41665-6; 0-7619-2380-2; 1-4522-6701-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818611803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II