Public understanding of the illnesses caused by cigarette smoking

(Disponible en anglais seulement.)

Among adult and adolescent smoking and non-smoking survey participants, more than half could only name lung cancer as an effect of smoking while only half could specify emphysema. Even fewer could identify other effects of smoking, and they had little comprehension as to the effects of these diseases.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14622200410001676459

Comment: Education is key. If people don't know the adverse health effects that smoking can cause, they have few reasons to quit.