Smoking-related psychosocial beliefs and justifications among smokers in India: Findings from Tobacco Control Policy (TCP) India Surveys.
S idhu AK*, Pednekar MS, Fong GT, Gupta PC, Quah ACK, Unger J, Sussman S, Sood N, Wipfli H, Valente T. BMC Public Health . 2022 Sep 13;22(1):1738. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-14112-w. Full Text Previous research in high-income countries (HICs) has shown that smokers reduce their cognitive dissonance through two types of justifications over time: risk minimizing and functional beliefs. To date, however, the relationship between these justifications and smoking behaviors over time has limited...