Smoking risks in Spain: Part II- Perceptions of environmental Tobacco smoke externalities

  1. Rovira, J. 4
  2. Viscusi, W.K. 1
  3. Antoñanzas, F.
  4. Costa, J. 4
  5. Hart, W. 3
  6. Carvalho, I. 12
  1. 1 Harvard University
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    Harvard University

    Cambridge, Estados Unidos

    ROR https://ror.org/03vek6s52

  2. 2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, Estados Unidos

    ROR https://ror.org/042nb2s44

  3. 3 Soikos, Barcelona, Spain
  4. 4 Universitat de Barcelona
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    Universitat de Barcelona

    Barcelona, España

    ROR https://ror.org/021018s57

  5. 5 Universidad de La Rioja
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    Universidad de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

    ROR https://ror.org/0553yr311

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Journal:
Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

ISSN: 0895-5646

Year of publication: 2000

Volume: 21

Issue: 2-3

Pages: 187-212

Type: Article

DOI: 10.1023/A:1007859307096 SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-0034560003 WoS: WOS:000166738000003 GOOGLE SCHOLAR

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Abstract

Previous studies of smoking risk beliefs have focused almost exclusively on risks to the smoker. Using an original set of survey data from Spain, we examine the public's perceived risks from exposures to environmental tobacco smoke. The risk categories considered included lung cancer, heart disease, life expectancy loss, and low birth weight for children of smoking mothers. Risk beliefs were quite high, often dwarfing scientific estimates of the risk. The results are consistent with overestimation of risks from highly publicized, low probability events.