How ordinary people in Great Britain perceive the health risks of smoking

摘要

In a paper published in 1980 entitled "Possible ways of explaining to ordinary people the quantitative dangers of smoking" Richard Peto summarised the epidemiological evidence as follows: Among an average 1000 young men who smoke cigarettes regularly-about one will be murdered, about six will be killed on the roads, about 250 ill be killed before their time by tobacco. Updated figure were included in a press Release that accompanied the launch in Sep- tember 1994 of a book by Peto and others Called Mortality from smoking in developed coun- Tries 1950-2000: United Kingdom: current risks, on average, among 1000 20 year olds who Smoke cigarettes regularly-about one will die From homicide, about six will die from motor Vehicles, about 250 will be killed by smoking in Middle age alone (+250 more in old age) ("middle" age was defined as 35-69; "old" age as 70 and over.)