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Petter Lundborg. Photo.

Petter Lundborg

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Petter Lundborg. Photo.

Do they know what they are doing? Risk perceptions and smoking behaviour among Swedish teenagers

Author

  • Petter Lundborg
  • Björn Lindgren

Summary, in English

Cross-sectional survey data on Swedish adolescents aged 12 - 18 was used to analyse perceived risks of smoking-related lung cancer, the determinants of these risk perceptions, and how these perceptions related to smoking behaviour. Three major conclusions were drawn: ( 1) that both smokers and non-smokers overestimated the risks of lung cancer, ( 2) that these risk perceptions fell substantially with age, but nevertheless implied risk overestimation, and ( 3) that individuals with higher perceived risks were less likely to be smokers but that risk beliefs had no effect on the number of cigarettes smoked.

Department/s

  • Department of Economics
  • Faculty of Medicine

Publishing year

2004

Language

English

Pages

261-286

Publication/Series

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volume

28

Issue

3

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Springer

Topic

  • Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy

Keywords

  • young people
  • risk perception
  • smoking

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1573-0476