When the death makes you smoke: A terror management perspective on the effectiveness of cigarette on-pack warnings

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 226-228

  Hansen, Jochim ^a,b   Winzeler, Susanne ^b   Topolinski, Sascha ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mortality salience; Self esteem; Smoking; Terror management health model; Terror management theory; Warning message

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449678608     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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