Risk perceptions of daily smokers and actual risk
| Cigarettes per day | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–10 | 11–19 | 20 | 21–39 | 40+ | |
| *Relative to risk of non-smoker. | |||||
| †Assessment scale: 1 very low, 2 somewhat low, 3 moderate, 4 somewhat high, 5 very high. | |||||
| Actual relative risk of lung cancer* | 9.48 | 11.23 | 12.52 | 15.25 | 21.62 |
| Perceived personal relative risk of lung cancer* | 5.32 | 4.25 | 6.92 | 6.58 | 5.12 |
| Perceived personal absolute risk of lung cancer† | 3.15 | 3.38 | 3.26 | 3.53 | 3.58 |
| Perceived personal absolute risk of cancer† | 2.89 | 2.99 | 3.11 | 3.57 | 3.40 |