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Knowledge of Lung Cancer and Smoking Habits
Author(s) -
SPELMAN M. S.,
LEY P.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
british journal of social and clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0007-1293
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1966.tb00976.x
Subject(s) - lung cancer , relevance (law) , cigarette smoking , psychology , medicine , clinical psychology , oncology , political science , law
The smoking habits of 164 volunteer subjects were related to their knowledge of lung cancer. Non‐smokers and light smokers did not differ in their knowledge. Heavy smokers, however, erred significantly more than non‐smokers in being over‐optimistic about the outcome of lung cancer. The relevance of these findings to present propaganda methods against cigarette smoking is discussed.