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Smoker Motivation

A Review of Contemporary Literature

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  • © 1986

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Authors:
  1. Angelika Wetterer

    1. Institut für Soziologie, Universität Freiburg, Freiburg i. Br., Germany

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  2. Jürgen Troschke

    1. Abt. für Med. Soziologie, Universität Freiburg, Freiburg i. Br., Germany

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Trends in Cigarette Consumption and the Sociodemographic Structure of the Smoking Population in Developed Industrial Countries

    • Angelika Wetterer, Jürgen von Troschke
    Pages 1-21

  3. Why do Smokers Smoke? A Survey of the Various Approaches to the Question of Smoker Motivation

    • Angelika Wetterer, Jürgen von Troschke
    Pages 23-65

  4. The Typical Smoking Career: The Development of Smoking Behaviour from a Biographical Viewpoint

    • Angelika Wetterer, Jürgen von Troschke
    Pages 67-76

  5. The Psychosocial Benefits and the Health Risks of Smoking

    • Angelika Wetterer, Jürgen von Troschke
    Pages 77-101

  6. Summary

    • Angelika Wetterer, Jürgen von Troschke
    Pages 103-107

  7. Perspectives for Future Research into Smoker Motivation

    • Angelika Wetterer, Jürgen von Troschke
    Pages 109-119

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 121-164
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An examination of recent literature on the subject of smoking shows that the growth in the volume of medical research into the conse­ quences of smoking (i. e. research designed to prove that smoking is hazardous to health) correlates with an increase in the amount of empirical social research on the smoker and the causes of smoking. It almost seems as if there is a causal relationship between the number of medical publications and the number of social investigations on this subject. Certainly, since the appearance of the Surgeon Gener­ al's Report on Smoking and Health in 1964 there has been a steady increase in the number of studies on the risks involved by smoking. In the meantime literally thousands of investigations have also been carried out on the causes of smoking behaviour. Probably no other section of society has been subjected to such meticulous examina­ tion. It is unlikely that any aspect of the smoker's life has escaped scrutiny - from their blood group to the girth of their calf muscles, from their development in infancy and early childhood to the num­ ber of arguments they have with their spouse, from their personality structure to their educational prowess and professional achieve­ ment.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Soziologie, Universität Freiburg, Freiburg i. Br., Germany

    Angelika Wetterer

  • Abt. für Med. Soziologie, Universität Freiburg, Freiburg i. Br., Germany

    Jürgen Troschke

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Smoker Motivation

  • Book Subtitle: A Review of Contemporary Literature

  • Authors: Angelika Wetterer, Jürgen Troschke

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71371-2

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1986

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-71371-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Topics: Psychology, general, Psychiatry, Psychotherapy

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