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Differences in generosity between smokers and nonsmokers in an upcoming smoking ban
Author(s) -
Lueke Adam,
Fitzgerald Carey J.,
Wickwire John,
Welton Craig
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/jasp.12071
Subject(s) - generosity , liberian dollar , stigma (botany) , psychology , social psychology , legislation , norm (philosophy) , social stigma , medicine , psychiatry , political science , family medicine , law , business , finance , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)
Abstract The stigmatization of smokers has become a social norm as new information about its health effects continues to be uncovered. This study investigated smokers in terms of their generosity as a means of stigma management. A field study was undertaken in which the experimenters frequented local establishments in the eight days prior to the 2010 M ichigan antismoking legislation taking effect. Experimenters, sometimes while smoking and sometimes while not smoking, approached patrons of the establishments who were either smokers or nonsmokers and asked them for a dollar. Results indicated smokers were more likely to give a dollar than nonsmokers, regardless of whether or not the experimenters were smoking. This was interpreted as a strategy smokers use to combat social stigma.