Petter Lundborg
Professor
Do they know what they are doing? Risk perceptions and smoking behaviour among Swedish teenagers
Author
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
Links
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