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CANCER CONTROL PROORAM<br />

DIVISION OF CHRONIC DISEASES<br />

U . S . PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE<br />

Aeaedlel Action StetementE : ;<br />

Part of a Natlonel Btudy on SmokSng Bchavior and Attitudes<br />

Daniel Horn and Selvyn Waingrow<br />

March 2?, ;965<br />

In October 1964, a notione .l probability study of smoking behavior,<br />

attitudes, and beliefs was conducted under Publie Health Service direction<br />

among adults, 21 and over, Sn about 3,500 households randoml,v selected in<br />

an interpenetrating sample design wlthin 106 prlmary ssmpling units from<br />

which were drawn 424 segments .<br />

The Snterview itself lasted from about one hour to an hour and a half~<br />

depending upon the person's smoking history , and lncluded among the qucstions<br />

an agree-disagree series of 23 statements which the Investigators have labeled<br />

the "remedlal action statcments" since they deal with either general or<br />

specific ections vhlch might possibly be taken in the contro l of cigarette<br />

smoking .<br />

These statements were culled from books , magazine articles , newspaper<br />

editorials , articles , or letters to the editor after the Report to the<br />

Surgeon Ceneral vas released on January 11 , 1964 and , while most of their<br />

orlglnal tone and intent was generally malntained , they were usually para-<br />

phrased in order to better fit within the context of an interview situation .<br />

As part of the research design, the statements verepresented differently<br />

Sn the four forue used by the intervievers , vith the selection of the form<br />

http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/lly24f00/pdf

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