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Cappella, Joseph., Lerman, Caryn., Romantan, Anca. and Baruh, Lemi. "News about Genetics and Smoking: Priming, Family Smoking History, and News Story Credibility Inferring Genetic Susceptibility to Tobacco Addiction" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Sheraton New York, New York City, NY, <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p12059_index.html>

Cappella, J. N., Lerman, C. , Romantan, A. and Baruh, L. "News about Genetics and Smoking: Priming, Family Smoking History, and News Story Credibility Inferring Genetic Susceptibility to Tobacco Addiction" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Sheraton New York, New York City, NY Online <APPLICATION/PDF>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p12059_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: Print news stories about genetics convey information to the public that is relevant to their assumptions about their own genetic predispositions. The objectives of this study are to assess the effects of priming a belief in genetic susceptibility to smoking addiction on smokers’ inferences about their own susceptibility to a genetic addiction to smoking, their efficacy to quit smoking, and their intention to get a genetic test for addiction susceptibility. Subjects were 450 young adult smokers recruited in a national random-digit-dialing sample. They were surveyed on the telephone in a randomized experiment embedded in a survey about cigarette smoking practices. In the priming condition, respondents heard an abbreviated news story about genes for smoking addiction. In the unprimed condition, participants heard a news story concerning the gender of the offspring of smokers. Priming with the genetics news story did not affect respondents’ inferences about personal genetic susceptibility to smoking addiction. However, those finding the news story credible and having a strong family history of smoking were more likely to infer a greater personal genetic susceptibility. The impact of the news story about genetic susceptibility on the intention to get a genetic test and the efficacy to quit smoking is not direct, but is mediated through the inference of genetic susceptibility to smoking addiction.

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