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  • Public Health
  • Social Sciences

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  • Stigmatization of smokers is a significant public health concern.
  • Social stigma can induce stress and impact quitting intentions, but its precise effects remain complex.
  • Understanding the psychological mechanisms linking stigma, exclusion, and smoking cessation is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of social exclusion and smoking status concealment on smokers' psychological states and quitting intentions.
  • To examine how ostracism and the revelation of smoking identity influence stress, cognitive resources, and health risk perceptions.
  • To determine if social exclusion can be a catalyst for smoking cessation.

Main Methods:

  • A study involving 277 smokers playing an online Cyberball game.
  • Random assignment to conditions of inclusion/exclusion and smoking status concealment/revelation.
  • Measurement of stress, cognitive depletion, rejection sensitivity, cognitions, perceived health risk, internalized stigma, and quitting interest.

Main Results:

  • Exclusion significantly increased smokers' stress, cognitive depletion, rejection sensitivity, and perceived health risks.
  • Smokers in the exclusion condition reported more internalized stigma and greater interest in quitting.
  • These effects were amplified when participants' smoking status was revealed compared to concealed.

Conclusions:

  • Social exclusion, even when stressful, can foster cognitions and intentions conducive to smoking cessation.
  • Concealing smoking status offers only partial protection against the adverse effects of stigma.
  • While exclusion can motivate quitting, ethical considerations and potential barriers to help-seeking must be addressed in public health strategies.