This report explored associations between different measures of smokers' perceived risks of
smoking and benefits to quitting and the extent to which these associations varied by …

The primary aim of this study was to examine gender differences in perceived risks and
benefits of smoking cessation and their relationship to pretreatment motivation and treatment …

Introduction Although the relationship between risk perceptions and quit intentions has been
established, few studies explore the potential impact of smoking level on these associations …

Little is known about beliefs about quitting and treatment motivation in non-treatment
seeking smokers. One hundred eighty-eight daily cigarette smokers not currently motivated …

Background Perceptions of smoking-related health risks and benefits among young adults
(18–24 years) and their smoking behaviour have not been adequately studied in low …

Smoking is one of the leading causes of preventable death globally, yet it remains a
common behavior. Interventions that increase the concreteness of future smoking outcomes …

Objective: Past studies have produced ambiguous or inconsistent results when testing
whether smokers actually underestimate their own risks of experiencing tobacco related …

OBJECTIVE: To replicate findings that risk-minimizing and self-exempting beliefs lower quit
intentions, and to extend this by testing their capacity to prospectively predict smoking …

Most Americans recognize that smoking causes serious diseases, yet many Americans
continue to smoke. One possible explanation for this paradox is that perhaps Americans do …

Objective: To rigorously test the relation between perceived risk (ie, belief about the
likelihood of harm) and quitting smoking. Methods: Data from a longitudinal study with a …