Smoking: Risk, Perception, & Policy

About the Contributors PART ONE: INTRODUCTION 1. The Risks of Active and Passive Smoking - J Samet 2. Profile of Smokers and Smoking - P Jamieson and D Romer PART TWO: PERCEPTIONS OF RISKY ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS 3. What Do Young People Think They Know About the Risks of Smoking? - P Jamieson and D Romer 4. The Role of Perceived Risk in Starting and Stopping Smoking - D Romer and P Jamieson 5. Smokers' Recognition of Their Vulnerability to Harm - P Slovic 6. Cigarette Smokers: Rational Actors or Rational Fools? - P Slovic PART THREE: MEDIA INFLUENCE ON SMOKING 7. Advertising, Smoker Imagery, and the Diffusion of Smoking Behavior - D Romer and P Jamieson PART FOUR: ADDICTION 8. The Nature of Nicotine Addiction - N Benowitz 9. A Visceral Account of Addiction - G Loewenstein 10. The Catch 22 of Smoking and Quitting - D Romer, P Jamieson, and R Kirkland Ahern PART FIVE: LEGAL AND POLICY PERSPECTIVES 11. The Joint Failure of Economic Theory and Legal Regulation - J Hanson and D Kysar 12. Tobacco and Public Health Policy: A Youth-Centered Approach - R Bonnie Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C References Index