Smoking risks in Spain: Part I- Perception of risks to the smoker
- Fernando Antoñanzas 5
- W. Kip Viscusi 1
- Joan Rovira 3
- Francisco J. Braña 4
- Fabiola Portillo 5
- Irineu Carvalho 12
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Harvard University
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Universitat de Barcelona
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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Universidad de La Rioja
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ISSN: 0895-5646
Año de publicación: 2000
Volumen: 21
Número: 2-3
Páginas: 161-186
Tipo: Artículo
Otras publicaciones en: Journal of Risk and Uncertainty
Resumen
Survey evidence for the Spanish population indicates that perceptions of lung cancer risk and life expectancy loss due to smoking are similar to estimates found in the United States. This paper also presents new evidence on the relative lung cancer risk for smokers, the perceived risk of lung disease for smokers, the heart disease risk for smokers, and the relative heart disease risk for smokers, all of which indicate substantial risk perceptions. Risk beliefs are particularly high for younger respondents, but are lower for better educated respondents.