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The smoking problem: A review of the research and theory in behavioral risk modification.

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Published1980
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1973 • 144 citations

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1967 • 136 citations

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1952 • 136 citations

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1975 • 134 citations

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1980 • 133 citations

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1972 • 128 citations

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1959 • 127 citations

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1970 • 127 citations

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1975 • 119 citations

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1972 • 119 citations

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1976 • 117 citations

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1979 • 111 citations

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1976 • 110 citations

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1979 • 110 citations

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1977 • 109 citations

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1977 • 108 citations

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1969 • 106 citations

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1972 • 103 citations

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1975 • 103 citations

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1977 • 99 citations

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1970 • 95 citations

Relative effects of low socio-economic status, parental smoking and poor scholastic performance on smoking among high school students

1975 • 95 citations

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1971 • 94 citations

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1974 • 93 citations

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1972 • 93 citations

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1977 • 93 citations

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1977 • 90 citations

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1971 • 89 citations

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1974 • 89 citations

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1978 • 87 citations

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1979 • 87 citations

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1975 • 87 citations

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1976 • 87 citations

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1976 • 82 citations

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1973 • 80 citations

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1965 • 79 citations

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1971 • 79 citations

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1979 • 76 citations

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1970 • 74 citations

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1967 • 72 citations

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1966 • 72 citations

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1977 • 70 citations

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1977 • 69 citations

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1976 • 69 citations

The Anti-Smoking Commercials: A Study of Television's Impact on Behavior

1971 • 67 citations

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1975 • 65 citations

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1976 • 63 citations

CHARACTERISTICS OF SMOKERS COMPARED WITH NONSMOKERS IN A POPULATION OF HEALTHY YOUNG ADULTS, INCLUDING OBSERVATIONS ON FAMILY HISTORY, BLOOD PRESSURE, HEART RATE, BODY WEIGHT, CHOLESTEROL AND CERTAIN PSYCHOLOGIC TRAITS

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1968 • 61 citations

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1980 • 61 citations

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1968 • 60 citations

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1971 • 59 citations

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1977 • 58 citations

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1977 • 58 citations

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1979 • 57 citations

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1965 • 55 citations

Comparing behavior modification approaches to habit decrement smoking.

1970 • 55 citations

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1976 • 53 citations

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1973 • 52 citations

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1968 • 50 citations

Modification of smoking behavior through self-administered punishment of imagined behavior: A new approach to aversion therapy.

1972 • 50 citations

Studies of the interaction of psychological and pharmacological determinants of smoking: V. Psychological and pharmacological explanations of smoking under stress.

1977 • 50 citations

Behaviour therapy for addicted cigarette smokers: A preliminary investigation

1964 • 48 citations

Modification of smoking behavior: Good designs ineffective treatments.

1971 • 47 citations

Taste aversion therapy with alcoholics: Techniques and evidence of a conditioned response

1979 • 47 citations

Arousal Seeking as a Central Factor in Tobacco Smoking Among College Students

1965 • 47 citations

Smoking modification procedures tailored to subject characteristics

1971 • 46 citations

Effects of nicotine on avoidance, conditioned suppression and aggression response measures in animal and man.

1973 • 46 citations

Studies of the interaction of psychological and pharmacological determinants of smoking: II. Effects of urinary pH on cigarette smoking.

1977 • 45 citations

AROUSING FEAR IN DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION*,

1965 • 45 citations

Tobacco dependence: is nicotine rewarding or aversive?

1979 • 45 citations

An ecological view of cigarette smoking.

1973 • 44 citations

A multiple-component treatment approach to smoking reduction.

1978 • 43 citations

Chronic chest disease, personality, and success in stopping cigarette smoking.

1969 • 43 citations

DISTRIBUTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SMOKING HABITS

1959 • 43 citations

Comparison of satiation and rapid smoking in self-managed smoking cessation

1978 • 41 citations

Cardiovascular risk modification by community-based programs for life-style change: Comments on the Stanford study.

1980 • 41 citations

Smoking on cue: a behavioral approach to smoking reduction.

1971 • 38 citations

Use of sensory deprivation in facilitating the reduction of cigarette smoking.

1974 • 37 citations

Redefining Addiction I. Making Addiction a Scientifically and Socially Useful Concept

1977 • 37 citations

The effects of hypnotic susceptibility on reducing smoking behavior treated by an hypnotic technique

1975 • 36 citations

Comparison of three behavioral techniques in the modification of smoking behavior.

1975 • 36 citations

Hypnosis and Smoking: A Review of the Literature

1971 • 36 citations

Smoking habits of business executives. Doctor variation in reducing cigarette consumption.

1970 • 35 citations

Psychosocial influences on cigarette smoking.

1979 • 35 citations

Effects of a self-control manual, rapid smoking, and amount of therapist contact on smoking reduction.

1978 • 35 citations

Studies of the interaction of psychological and pharmacological determinants of smoking: II. Effects of urinary pH on cigarette smoking.

1977 • 34 citations

Effectiveness of negative practice and self-control techniques in the reduction of smoking behavior.

1976 • 33 citations

The influence of a physician on the smoking of his patients.

1968 • 33 citations

Outlook for Treating Patients with Self-Destructive Habits

1974 • 32 citations

Peer group conformity in adolescent smoking and its relationship to affiliation and autonomy needs

1971 • 32 citations

Smoking Habits of High-School Students in Newton, Massachusetts

1961 • 32 citations

EFFECTS OF A HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAM ON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS‘ KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND BEHAVIOR CONCERNING TOBACCO USE*

1974 • 31 citations

Aversive conditioning: Learning or dissonance reduction?

1968 • 31 citations

Comparison of hypnosis plus counseling, counseling alone, and hypnosis alone in a community service smoking withdrawal program.

1975 • 30 citations

Aversive conditioning and contingency management in the treatment of smoking.

1976 • 30 citations

Problems of S's Motivation in a Behavioral Program for Reduction of Cigarette Smoking

1967 • 29 citations

Behavioral aspects of cigarette smoking

1963 • 29 citations

A short duration group treatment of smoking behavior by stimulus saturation

1970 • 28 citations

Report on a smoking clinic.

1966 • 28 citations

Modification of smoking behavior with an aversion-desensitization procedure.

1972 • 28 citations

Psychosocial Aspects of Smoking with Special Reference to Cessation

1965 • 27 citations

STATUS CONFIGURATIONS AND CIGARETTE SMOKING IN A JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL*

1970 • 27 citations

The Addictive Personality: Prediction of Success in a Smoking Withdrawal Program

1972 • 27 citations

Smoking habits of Winnipeg school children.

1961 • 27 citations

Changes in the cigarette consumption of smokers in relation to changes in tar/nicotine content of cigarettes smoked.

1979 • 25 citations

Behavioral self-control of smoking through aversive conditioning and self-management.

1977 • 25 citations

Some Evidence for a Peer Group Hypothesis About Adolescent Smoking

1963 • 25 citations

Primary schoolboys: image of self and smoker.

1975 • 24 citations

An Experimental Attack on Smoking (Attitude Manipulation in Restricted Environments, III)

1972 • 24 citations

Psychologic Aspects of Cigarette Smoking in Men

1970 • 23 citations

SMOKING BEHAVIOR, RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND ATTITUDES TOWARD SMOKING AMONG NEWTON SECONDARY SCHOOL CHILDREN

1963 • 23 citations

Smoking and drug consumption in white, black, and oriental men and women.

1974 • 23 citations

Aversive control of smoking behavior in a group context

1972 • 23 citations

The Objective Assessment of Desensitization

1966 • 22 citations

Mode of service delivery in a smoking cessation program for public health.

1977 • 21 citations

Smoking: A Panel Study of Beliefs and Behavior following the PHS Report

1966 • 21 citations

Catch Them Before They Start

1961 • 20 citations

Hypnoaversion treatment in alcoholism, nicotinism and weight control.

1976 • 20 citations

HEALTH EDUCATION AND CIGARETTE SMOKING: A REPORT ON A THREE-YEAR PROGRAM IN THE WINNIPEG SCHOOL DIVISION, 1960-1963.

1964 • 19 citations

Change in smoking habits in a general practice

1973 • 19 citations

Effects of outcome expectancy and timing of self-monitoring on cigarette smoking

1975 • 19 citations

THE EFFECTS OF TWO EDUCATIONAL METHODS AND MESSAGE THEMES ON RURAL YOUTH SMOKING BEHAVIOR*

1968 • 19 citations

Behavioural Research into Children's Smoking

1970 • 19 citations

The Saskatoon smoking study: results of the second year.

1974 • 18 citations

The effectiveness of meprobamate and lobeline as smoking deterrents.

1957 • 18 citations

PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL VARIABLES RELATED TO THE INITIATION OF SMOKING CIGARETTES

1969 • 17 citations

Cognitive dissonance as a modifier of chronic smoking behavior: A serendipitous finding.

1975 • 17 citations

Self-reconstitution processes: A proposal for reorganizing the conduct of confirmed smokers.

1973 • 17 citations

Effect of the counselor's approach to changing smoking behavior.

1969 • 16 citations

A two-year follow-up on systematic desensitization with data pertaining to the external validity of laboratory fear assessment.

1977 • 16 citations

ADOLESCENT CIGARETTE SMOKING AS COMPENSATORY BEHAVIOR*

1970 • 15 citations

Evaluation of an Antismoking Program Among High School Students

1965 • 15 citations

Satiation and Sensory Deprivation Combined in Smoking Therapy: Some Case Studies and Unexpected Side-Effects

1977 • 15 citations

The Psychodynamics of Quitting Smoking in a Group

1972 • 14 citations

Group Psychotherapy with Addicted Smokers

1972 • 13 citations

Reduction of cigarette smoking through self-administered aversion conditioning: A new treatment model with implications for public health

1972 • 13 citations

Behavioural Aspects of Cigarette Smoking in Relation to Arousal Level

1973 • 13 citations

Cessation of Cigarette Smoking and Pulmonary Disease

1978 • 12 citations

Test of the classical conditioning explanation of covert sensitization.

1974 • 11 citations

Developmental Self-Concept and (Self-Reported) Drug Use

1977 • 10 citations

The Saskatoon Smoking Study. Results of the first year.

1971 • 10 citations

Operant Conditioning and Self-Control of Smoking and Studying

1971 • 9 citations

Treatment of Tobacco Addiction: Experiences in Tobacco Withdrawal Clinics.

1964 • 9 citations

CIGARETTE SMOKING IN SYDNEY SCHOOLCHILDREN AGED 12 TO 13 YEARS

1973 • 9 citations

Limitation of Smoking by Sons and Daughters who Smoke and Smoking Behavior of Parents

1971 • 9 citations

Thought‐stopping, Pocket Timers, and their Combination, in the Modification of Smoking Behaviour*

1978 • 8 citations

Ego-Resiliency, Ego-Control, and Smoking Cessation

1968 • 8 citations

Changes over time in student reactions to the Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health.

1966 • 7 citations

Is Addictive Smoking an Independent Trait?

1973 • 6 citations

Cognitive Dissonance and Changes in Cigarette Smoking in an Organized Control Program

1969 • 5 citations

The saskatoon smoking project--the model.

1970 • 5 citations

Aversive Cigarette Smoking with an Habitual, Excessive Smoker

1975 • 4 citations

Cigarette smoking as an addiction.

1976 • 4 citations

An Analysis of the Educational Problems of Controlling Cigarette Smoking

1967 • 2 citations

Smoking behaviour: motivational determinants and modification techniques. A review.

1974 • 2 citations

A note on smoking motivation.

1973 • 2 citations

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1955 • 0 citations

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