Open AccessDo smokers understand the mortality effects of smoking? Evidence from the Health and Retirement Survey.
Author(s) -
Michael Schoenbaum
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.87.5.755
Subject(s) - national health interview survey , medicine , demography , epidemiology , gerontology , health and retirement study , environmental health , population , sociology
This study examined whether smokers recognize that smoking is likely to shorten their lives and, if so, whether they understand the magnitude of this effect.