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

Lundborg, Petter LU and Lindgren, Björn LU (2004) In Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 28(3). p.261-286
Abstract
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.
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young people, risk perception, smoking
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Journal of Risk and Uncertainty
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28
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261 - 286
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Springer
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1573-0476
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10.1023/B:RISK.0000026098.84109.62
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English
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The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Department of Economics (012008000), Lund University Centre for Health Economics (LUCHE) (016630120)
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  series       = {{Journal of Risk and Uncertainty}},
  title        = {{Do they know what they are doing? Risk perceptions and smoking behaviour among Swedish teenagers}},
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