Delusion lets smokers breathe easy
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January 11, 2008
MOST Australian smokers are in denial about their habit.
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A survey by the Cancer Council Victoria reveals that 60 per cent of smokers cling to “self-exempting beliefs” that smoking-related diseases such as heart and lung cancer are caused by air pollution or genetics.
Quit Victoria executive director Fiona Sharkie said: “We asked smokers to list what diseases were commonly linked to smoking, and a high proportion didn’t voluntarily nominate heart and lung cancer.”
The survey found 43 per cent of people aged 50 or over thought exercise could undo the harm of smoking, and one in five smokers believed the habit was not that dangerous because many smokers had lived long lives.
The Australian
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