Optimistic bias in adolescent and adult smokers and nonsmokers
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Optimistic biases regarding the risks of smoking were examined among 200 adolescents (aged 12-17) and 203 adults (aged 30-50). Strong majorities of adolescent and adult smokers and nonsmokers agreed that smoking is addictive and causes death for "most people" who smoke. However, for themselves personally, adolescent and adult smokers were more likely than nonsmokers to doubt that they would die from smoking even if they smoked for 30 or 40 years. Furthermore, 60% of adolescent and 48% of adult smokers believed that they "could smoke for a few years and then quit" if they wished, figures far higher than for nonsmokers. Thus an optimistic bias regarding smoking risks appears to be held by both adolescent and adult smokers, especially by adolescents and especially regarding addiction. Implications for smoking prevention programs are discussed.
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Adolescents have a more optimistic attitude than adults about their smoking behavior, believing they could smoke for a few years and then quit if they wished.
“The same applies to estimation of health risks of smoking—adolescents have a more optimistic attitude regarding their smoking behavior than adults, believing that they “could smoke for a few years and then quit” if they wished (Arnett 2000).”
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- Authors
- Arnett, J. J.
- Affiliations
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
- Corresponding author
- Arnett, Jeffrey Jensen
- Venue
- Addictive Behaviors
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2000-07
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 625-632
- ISSN
- 0306-4603 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2162921028
- Cited by
- 305
- References
- 12
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 22 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 21 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 22 · 2016: 13 · 2015: 18 · 2014: 10 · 2013: 13 · 2012: 15
- FWCI
- 1.24
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Addictive Behaviors (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Clark Digital Commons (Clark University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Risk Perception and Management
- Keywords
- optimism bias, smoking risk perception, adolescent smokers, adult smokers, non-smokers, tobacco dependence, smoking cessation, smoking prevention programs
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Attitude to Health, Female, Humans, Internal-External Control, Male, Middle Aged, Motivation, Smoking, Risk Assessment
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