Risk-minimizing belief: Its association with smoking and risk of harm from smoking in Northern Thailand
© 2015 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. Risk-minimizing beliefs refer to the underestimation of the health risks of particular behaviors. The aim of the study was to investigate the associations between risk-minimizing belief with smoking and the risk of harms from smoking in Northern Thailand (N=...
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| Format: | Journal |
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2018
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| Online Access: | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84948385370&origin=inward http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/44508 |
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| Institution: | Chiang Mai University |
| Summary: | © 2015 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. Risk-minimizing beliefs refer to the underestimation of the health risks of particular behaviors. The aim of the study was to investigate the associations between risk-minimizing belief with smoking and the risk of harms from smoking in Northern Thailand (N=3,865). Adjusting for potential confounders, risk-minimizing belief was inversely associated with lifelong abstinence, positively associated with increased risk of being a current smoker, and weakly associated with increased risk of harm from smoking. Targeting risk-minimizing beliefs in current smokers and those who have never smoked may be useful in the Northern Thai population. |
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