Open AccessSelf-exempting beliefs about smoking and health: differences between smokers and ex-smokers.
Author(s) -
Simon Chapman,
Wanling Wong,
W. C. Smith
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.83.2.215
Subject(s) - smoking cessation , medicine , cognitive dissonance , environmental health , psychology , demography , social psychology , pathology , sociology
The purpose of the present study was to examine the role of self-exempting or cognitive dissonance-reducing beliefs about smoking and health. Such beliefs may hold important implications for the content and targeting of health promotion campaigns.
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