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| Title |
Addiction, cigarette smoking, and voluntary control of action: Do cigarette smokers lose their free will?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Addictive Behaviors Reports , January 2017
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.abrep.2017.01.003 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Roy F. Baumeister |
| Abstract |
Opinions differ widely as to whether addicts lose the ability to control their behavior and employ free will. This article reviews empirical findings regarding multiple questions relevant to the issue of free will among addicted smokers: Is smoking voluntary behavior? Can people quit smoking? Why don't people quit smoking? Why do smokers relapse when they try to quit? Do addicted smokers suffer from irresistible cravings? Are there some people who cannot quit? Are there conditions that make resistance impossible? Why would they smoke knowing it can kill them? The evidence reviewed here seems most consistent with the view that smokers retain control over their actions but cannot easily stop having frequent desires to smoke. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 21 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 14% |
| Philippines | 2 | 10% |
| India | 1 | 5% |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 1 | 5% |
| Austria | 1 | 5% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 12 | 57% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 17 | 81% |
| Scientists | 4 | 19% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 244 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 244 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 49 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 31 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 20 | 8% |
| Researcher | 19 | 8% |
| Lecturer | 10 | 4% |
| Other | 39 | 16% |
| Unknown | 76 | 31% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 54 | 22% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 26 | 11% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 16 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 13 | 5% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 7 | 3% |
| Other | 44 | 18% |
| Unknown | 84 | 34% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 75. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 May 2022.
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#573,110
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Outputs from Addictive Behaviors Reports
#14
of 379 outputs
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#12,302
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#3
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So far Altmetric has tracked 379 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 16.8. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 96% of its peers.
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