Smoking too few cigarettes to be at risk? Smokers' perceptions of risk and risk denial, a French survey

Tobacco Control

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 351-356

  Peretti Watel, Patrick ^a,b   Constance, Jean ^a   Guilbert, Philippe ^c   Gautier, Arnaud ^c   Beck, François ^c   Moatti, Jean Paul ^b,d  

^a OBSERVATOIRE RÉGIONAL DE LA SANTÉ PROVENCE ALPES CÔTE D AZUR   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c Institut National de la Sante   (France)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DENIAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35048840181     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2007.020362     Document Type: Article

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