Exposure to Court-Ordered Corrective Statements and Association with Cancer Fatalism and Perceived Cancer Risk By Smoking Status

Nationally-representative data from the Health Information Trends Survey were analyzed to examine whether exposure to tobacco-related corrective statements, smoking status, cancer survivorship, and sociodemographics were associated with cancer fatalism and cancer risk perception. Results indicated a significant interaction between exposure and smoking status predicting one fatalistic belief about cancer prevention.