Implicit attitudes toward smoking

How the smell of cigarettes influences responses of college-age smokers and nonsmokers

Dados Bibliográficos

ID7464773
AutoresSabine Glock (0000-0003-1678-2337, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg), Carrie Kovacs (0000-0002-2622-1595, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg), Dagmar Unz (Berlin University of the Arts)
Ano2013
Volume19
Fascículo5
Páginas629-641
Data de publicação2013-03-11
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1359105313476974
PMID23479305
OpenAlexW2094760309
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas53

The habit of smoking may have automatic behavioral components guided by implicit attitudes. Smokers’ attitudes toward smoking should thus be less negative than nonsmokers’, so that a salient smoking cue (smell) is able to activate positive aspects of these attitudes. An affective priming task was used to explore this hypothesis. Unexpectedly, smokers and nonsmokers showed equally negative implicit attitudes, irrespective of smell. Smokers exposed to the cigarette smell did, however, display generally slower responses than nonsmokers, suggesting attentional bias. This could have implications for smoking policies in contexts where attentional factors affect performance

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