Addiction, cigarette smoking, and voluntary control of action: Do cigarette smokers lose their free will?

Addictive Behaviors Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2017, Pages 67-84

  Baumeister, Roy F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Addiction; Choice; Cigarettes; Free will; Smoking; Voluntary behavior

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; DRUG CRAVING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FREE WILL; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; REVIEW; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 85013076639     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23528532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.abrep.2017.01.003     Document Type: Review

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