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===2012 [https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/jhdrp/vol5/iss1/2/ Self-stigma, Stress, and Smoking among African American and American Indian Female Smokers: An Exploratory Qualitative Study]=== | ===2012 [https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/jhdrp/vol5/iss1/2/ Self-stigma, Stress, and Smoking among African American and American Indian Female Smokers: An Exploratory Qualitative Study]=== | ||
*However, continued smoking was also a source of negative emotion, as women felt shame, guilt and low self-esteem over their inability to quit, which was perceived by some as indicative of weakness. These negative self-perceptions are consistent with stigmatized views of smokers held by the public. Women also expressed feelings of defiance about their smoking despite pressure to quit and identified external factors which contributed to their inability to quit. The negative emotions, self-stigma and shame experienced by low income American Indian and African American women smokers may contribute to continued smoking and disrupt quit attempts. Additional research is needed in order to develop effective tobacco cessation interventions for this group. | *However, continued smoking was also a source of negative emotion, as women felt shame, guilt and low self-esteem over their inability to quit, which was perceived by some as indicative of weakness. These negative self-perceptions are consistent with stigmatized views of smokers held by the public. Women also expressed feelings of defiance about their smoking despite pressure to quit and identified external factors which contributed to their inability to quit. The negative emotions, self-stigma and shame experienced by low income American Indian and African American women smokers may contribute to continued smoking and disrupt quit attempts. Additional research is needed in order to develop effective tobacco cessation interventions for this group. | ||
===2009: [https://asara.org.ar/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IX-JORNADAS-INTERNACIONALES-stigma-chapter.pdf The Psychological Effects of Social Stigma: Applications to People with an Acquired Hearing Loss]=== | |||
*To various extents, people who smoke are devalued as individuals and discredited as a member of society; they are stigmatized. | |||
===2008: [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09581590802687358 Tobacco control and the inequitable socio-economic distribution of smoking: smokers’ discourses and implications for tobacco control]=== | ===2008: [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09581590802687358 Tobacco control and the inequitable socio-economic distribution of smoking: smokers’ discourses and implications for tobacco control]=== | ||