Tobacco denormalisation and representations of different tobacco users in Norway
A Cross-Sectional Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2249058 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gunnar Sæbø (0000-0001-5808-0427, National Institute for Alcohol and Drug Research (SIRUS) Norway, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 360-379 |
| Publication date | 2016-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology of Health & Illness (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-9889 • E-ISSN: 1467-9566 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9566.12348 |
| PMID | 26385741 |
| OpenAlex | W1959740644 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 36 |
This study asks whether representations of different typical tobacco users vary in line with established stereotypes and by social group membership (especially tobacco user status). Social identity theory posits that representations differ due to varying identification with product users on the basis of personal use, while distinction theory suggests representations will be structured by proximity and distance to user groups. Using principal component analysis to identify representations and regression analysis to determine variances in representations, we find that four of five groups of typical tobacco users (snus users, pipe, cigarette, and cigar smokers) can be classified according to three similar representations: socially secure, culturally marginal and unappealing. Respondents who themselves use a certain tobacco product are more likely to consider a 'typical' user from their own group as more 'socially secure' and less 'culturally marginal' and 'unappealing' than non-users. Former smokers tend to side with non-smokers, which suggests their 'smoker identity' is on the wane. At the representational level, then, socio-historical distinctions between different tobacco products seem to have diminished in favour of a largely dual classification, with users expressing positive and non-users negative representations, of any typical user. This is a likely consequence of persistent tobacco denormalisation policies
Identity (music · Product (mathematics · Social group · Social identity theory · Culinary Culture and Tourism · Mathematics · Psychology · Smoking Behavior and Cessation · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Psychology
The social context of smoking
Markers of the denormalisation of smoking and the tobacco industry
Tobacco Denormalization and Industry Beliefs Among Smokers from Four Countries
Distinction
Modernity and self-identity
Consumption and Generational Change
Sigaretter, snus og status – Om livsstilsforskjeller mellom brukergrupper av ulike tobakksprodukter
Smoking, stigma and tobacco ‘denormalization’
To be one who continues to smoke
A grounded theory of snuff-dipping behaviour (use of Swedish ‘snus’) in a Norwegian population
Relative harm of snus and cigarettes
A difference that makes a difference
Occasional Smoking in Adolescence
Return of the Marlboro Man? Recreational Smoking among Young Norwegian Adults
Pollution, peril and poverty
Arguing about tobacco and its effects on social representations
Social representations and intergroup conflicts
The Cigarette Century
Smoking and the emergence of a stigmatized social status
Social Space and Symbolic Power
Every space is claimed
The social space and the genesis of groups
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2024 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |