Smoking: Making the risky decision

Book · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:6431989

Viscusi, W K

This book approaches the smoking debate from a new angle. The thrust of the study was to determine if smokers are cognizant of the risks connected with smoking, and if so, how these risk beliefs influence the decision to smoke. The study evaluates the government's anti-smoking policies and recommends changes to these policies. Viscusi does not address the actual health risks of smoking independent of risk perception and subsequent behavioral data; the US Surgeon General's smoking risk assessments are acknowledged at face vale.

• OSTI ID: 6431989
• Resource Relation: Other Information: From review by Korina A. Wilbert, Oak Ridge National Lab., TN, in Risk Analysis, Vol. 13, No. 2 (April 1993)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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