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Smoking is worth the risk: Understanding adolescents' rationalisation of their smoking behaviour

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dc.contributor.affiliationsFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
dc.contributor.affiliationsUniversiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) Medical Centre
dc.contributor.affiliationsUniversiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM)
dc.contributor.affiliationsUniversiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
dc.contributor.affiliationsUniversiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM)
dc.contributor.authorTohid H.en_US
dc.contributor.authorOmar K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMuhammad N.A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorJaffar A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMd Monoto E.M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMohd Ishak N.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-29T01:57:26Z
dc.date.available2024-05-29T01:57:26Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractAdolescents are aware of the health risks of cigarette smoking yet still they continue to smoke. This article reports on how Malaysian adolescents rationalised their smoking behaviour despite knowing its danger. In this qualitative study, 26 adolescents (23 smokers and 3 former smokers) were interviewed through 3 focus group interviews and 3 in-depth interviews. The interviews were guided by a semi-structured interview protocol and recorded using audio recorders. This study highlights that the adolescents continued to smoke despite knowing the risks of smoking. They rationalised their smoking by disengaging themselves from the risks through: (1) disregarding the immediate effects of smoking, (2) ignoring the risk information, (3) normalising the mortality risk of smoking, (4) emotionally detaching themselves from relating to the threat, (5) regarding smoking as the lesser evil than other risky behaviour, and (6) discounting the actual risks by citing the exceptional cases. In conclusion, the adolescents might have made a calculated decision after weighing the risks and benefis of smoking but they chose smoking over quitting. This study provides meaningful insights for clinicians and policy makers to understand adolescents' reasoning for smoking, which then may result in the development of better strategies for challenging the rationalisations of adolescents. � Universiti Putra Malaysia Press.en_US
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dc.identifier.epage585
dc.identifier.issn1287702
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84968677743
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dc.identifier.urihttps://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/9926
dc.identifier.volume24
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUniversiti Putra Malaysiaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofPertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanitiesen_US
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectAdolescenten_US
dc.subjectDecisionx makingen_US
dc.subjectDisengagementen_US
dc.subjectRationalisationen_US
dc.subjectReasoningen_US
dc.subjectSmokingen_US
dc.titleSmoking is worth the risk: Understanding adolescents' rationalisation of their smoking behaviouren_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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