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Original Article

Smokers' and Non-Smokers' Estimates of Their Personal Risk of Cancer and of the Incremental Risk Attributable to Cigarette Smoking1

J Richard Eiser University of Exeter, Department of Psychology, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4QG, UK
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Steven D. Reicher University of Exeter, Department of Psychology, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4QG, UK
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Tessa J. Podpadec University of Exeter, Department of Psychology, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4QG, UK
Pages 221-229 | Published online: 11 Jul 2009

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