Think abstractly, smoke less: a brief construal‐level intervention can promote self‐control, leading to reduced cigarette consumption among current smokers

Abstract

Smokers primed with a high-level construal mind-set (i.e. cognitive abstraction) may induce greater self-control that leads to reduced cigarette consumption. Thus, reminding smokers to think abstractly about health may be an effective strategy that could help them to smoke fewer cigarettes.