Open AccessSmokers Still Underestimate the Risks Posed by Secondhand Smoke: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study
Author(s) -
Bernie J. Lonergan,
Sarah Meaney,
Ivan J. Perry,
Harry Comber,
Bernadette Power,
Colin Bradley,
Birgit A. Greiner
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
nicotine and tobacco research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.338
H-Index - 113
eISSN - 1469-994X
pISSN - 1462-2203
DOI - 10.1093/ntr/ntu046
Subject(s) - secondhand smoke , environmental health , demographics , cross sectional study , medicine , population , passive smoking , smoke , demography , geography , pathology , sociology , meteorology
Little is known about risk perception of secondhand smoke (SHS) and its changes over time. The aim of the study was to examine the role of smoking status and demographics on perceiving a range of health risks of SHS exposure and their trends over time among a representative sample of the Irish general population.
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