Abstract
Introduction: Various studies have demonstrated that environmental smoking cues elicit smoking-related responses in smokers. However, cue reactivity studies among adolescent smokers are scarce. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine the effect of smoking portrayal in movies on immediate smoking behavior in adolescent smokers. Method: A total of 65 adolescent daily smokers (between the ages of 16 and 18. years) were exposed to a one-hour movie clip, with or without smoking characters, and were allowed to smoke while watching the movie. Results: The exposure to smoking cues in movies had no effect on immediate smoking behavior. This association was not affected by several smoking- and movie-related variables. Conclusions: No influence of smoking cues in movies on immediate smoking behavior in adolescent daily smokers was found. More experimental research on the effects of environmental cues on adolescent smokers in different stages of addiction is needed.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2203-2206 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Addictive Behaviors |
Volume | 38 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - May 2013 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Funding for this study was provided by the Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen. The Behavioural Science Institute had no role in the study design, collection, analysis or interpretation of the data, writing the manuscript, or the decision to submit the paper for publication.
Funding
Funding for this study was provided by the Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen. The Behavioural Science Institute had no role in the study design, collection, analysis or interpretation of the data, writing the manuscript, or the decision to submit the paper for publication.
Keywords
- Adolescents
- Cue-reactivity
- Media
- Movies
- Smoking behavior