Jennifer Stuber

Dec 4, 2023 | journals.uchicago.edu | Jennifer Stuber |Sandro Galea |Bruce G. Link

Smoking has become increasingly socially unacceptable in the United States, and the change coincides with a decline in tobacco use. This growing social unacceptability raises an important new question: Do people who smoke think they are stigmatized? Stigmas may function as a source of social control, contributing to smokers’ decisions to quit in order to avoid stigmatization and social exclusion.