Addiction, cigarette smoking, and voluntary control of action: Do cigarette smokers lose their free will?
Opinions differ widely as to whether addicts lose the ability to control their behavior and employ free will. This article reviews empirical findings regarding multiple questions relevant to the issue of free will among addicted smokers: Is smoking voluntary behavior? Can people quit smoking? Why do...
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2017-06-01
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| description | Opinions differ widely as to whether addicts lose the ability to control their behavior and employ free will. This article reviews empirical findings regarding multiple questions relevant to the issue of free will among addicted smokers: Is smoking voluntary behavior? Can people quit smoking? Why don't people quit smoking? Why do smokers relapse when they try to quit? Do addicted smokers suffer from irresistible cravings? Are there some people who cannot quit? Are there conditions that make resistance impossible? Why would they smoke knowing it can kill them? The evidence reviewed here seems most consistent with the view that smokers retain control over their actions but cannot easily stop having frequent desires to smoke. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d7136a383ad2437ea0551c23eb83e5f62022-12-22T02:32:56ZengElsevierAddictive Behaviors Reports2352-85322017-06-015C678410.1016/j.abrep.2017.01.003Addiction, cigarette smoking, and voluntary control of action: Do cigarette smokers lose their free will?Roy F. BaumeisterOpinions differ widely as to whether addicts lose the ability to control their behavior and employ free will. This article reviews empirical findings regarding multiple questions relevant to the issue of free will among addicted smokers: Is smoking voluntary behavior? Can people quit smoking? Why don't people quit smoking? Why do smokers relapse when they try to quit? Do addicted smokers suffer from irresistible cravings? Are there some people who cannot quit? Are there conditions that make resistance impossible? Why would they smoke knowing it can kill them? The evidence reviewed here seems most consistent with the view that smokers retain control over their actions but cannot easily stop having frequent desires to smoke.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352853217300056AddictionSmokingCigarettesFree willChoiceVoluntary behavior |
| spellingShingle | Roy F. Baumeister Addiction, cigarette smoking, and voluntary control of action: Do cigarette smokers lose their free will? Addictive Behaviors Reports Addiction Smoking Cigarettes Free will Choice Voluntary behavior |
| title | Addiction, cigarette smoking, and voluntary control of action: Do cigarette smokers lose their free will? |
| title_full | Addiction, cigarette smoking, and voluntary control of action: Do cigarette smokers lose their free will? |
| title_fullStr | Addiction, cigarette smoking, and voluntary control of action: Do cigarette smokers lose their free will? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Addiction, cigarette smoking, and voluntary control of action: Do cigarette smokers lose their free will? |
| title_short | Addiction, cigarette smoking, and voluntary control of action: Do cigarette smokers lose their free will? |
| title_sort | addiction cigarette smoking and voluntary control of action do cigarette smokers lose their free will |
| topic | Addiction Smoking Cigarettes Free will Choice Voluntary behavior |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352853217300056 |
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