title: Risk-Minimizing Belief: Its Association with Smoking and Risk of Harm From Smoking in Northern Thailand.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: a Chiang Mai University , Muang , Chiang Mai , Thailand.
authors.forename: Surin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jiraniramai
authors.affiliation: a Chiang Mai University , Muang , Chiang Mai , Thailand.
authors.forename: Surinporn
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Likhitsathian
authors.affiliation: a Chiang Mai University , Muang , Chiang Mai , Thailand.
authors.forename: Wichuda
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jiraporncharoen
authors.affiliation: a Chiang Mai University , Muang , Chiang Mai , Thailand.
authors.forename: Kanitta
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Thaikla
authors.affiliation: a Chiang Mai University , Muang , Chiang Mai , Thailand.
authors.forename: Apinun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aramrattana
authors.affiliation: a Chiang Mai University , Muang , Chiang Mai , Thailand.
authors.forename: Chaisiri
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Angkurawaranon
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012306:Risk; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Thailand; risk minimizing; smoking