Death reminders intensify nicotine intake in highly addicted smokers
Evidence
The findings were striking. After thinking about death, the highly addicted smokers puffed harder, longer, and faster to jack up the amount of nicotine they inhaled. — Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg, Tom Pyszczynski, The Worm at the Core, 743
Categorization
- XREF: Directly extends the chapter 9 finding that people drink more alcohol after mortality reminders, showing the same terror-management mechanism across substances.
Related
- Death reminders more than triple willingness to buy strong alcohol. (similarity 0.78)