Young People's Concepts of Smoking Addiction - Wang, Calvin
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This book explores how young people conceptualiseaddiction to smoking and, the relationshipbetween young people's addiction beliefs andintentions to smoke cigarettes. Addiction to smokingis a major health problem, not just for adults, butalso for young smokers, up to 60% of whom aredependent on nicotine. However, anti-smokingprevention efforts targeted at young peoplegenerally emphasise ill-health effects and littleattention is paid to addiction education which isgenerally considered relevant only to adult smokingand cessation efforts. As a consequence, youngpeople appear to have many…mehr

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This book explores how young people conceptualiseaddiction to smoking and, the relationshipbetween young people's addiction beliefs andintentions to smoke cigarettes. Addiction to smokingis a major health problem, not just for adults, butalso for young smokers, up to 60% of whom aredependent on nicotine. However, anti-smokingprevention efforts targeted at young peoplegenerally emphasise ill-health effects and littleattention is paid to addiction education which isgenerally considered relevant only to adult smokingand cessation efforts. As a consequence, youngpeople appear to have many misconceptions andunrealistic ideas about addiction, which possiblyinfluence their initial decisions to take upsmoking. Understanding these conceptions isimportant for anti-smoking education and may assistin the development of primary prevention andcessation intervention strategies targeted at youthpopulations.
Autorenporträt
Calvin Wang graduated in 2006 with a PhD in Social Marketing andis currently a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Edith CowanUniversity. His research covers areas in both Marketing andManagement, and he works primarily on collaborative projects atlocal, state&federal government levels. He won a Faculty BestNew Researcher Award in 2007.