10.2190/QHNL-A363-83UK-69QW QHNLA36383UK69QW 5 Reducing Cigarette Smoking in Supermarkets and Elevators 57 66 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 QHNLA36383UK69QW.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=QHNLA36383UK69QW 1 Leonard A. Jason Roy Clay Michael Martin De Paul University Practically all nonsmokers are passive smokers since they are repeatedly forced to breath cigarette-smoke polluted air in public settings. The present experiment investigated various behavioral stimulus and consequence control strategies directed towards reducing smoking behaviors in settings frequented by nonsmokers. The first tactic, posting no-smoking signs, failed to reduce the rates of smoking in a Chicago supermarket. When a research assistant approached smokers and requested them to put out their cigarettes, over 90 per cent complied. The second study took place in elevators, a particularly troublesome behavior setting for nonsmokers. Using an ABAB design, a relatively simple consequence control tactic (politely requesting smokers to extinguish their cigarettes) produced dramatic reductions in smoking behaviors in elevators. Congressional Record, Proceedings and debates of the 92nd Congress, second session, <i>118</i>:12, 1972. R. J. Naumann, Smoking and Air Pollution Standards, <i>Science, 182</i>, pp. 334-336, 1973. U. R. Hoegg, Cigarette Smoke in Closed Spaces, <i>Environmental Health Perspectives, 2</i>, pp. 117-128, 1972. <i>The Health Consequences of Smoking, 1975</i>, U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Public Health Service, Center for Disease Control, DHEW Publication No. (CDC) 76-8704, 235 pp., 1976. J. W. Jones, <i>The Effects of Secondary Cigarette Smoke on Acute Emotional States</i>, Submitted for publication, 1978. J. W. Jones and M. J. Durbin, <i>Secondary Cigarette Smoke and Negative Evaluation as Factors in Aggressive Behavior</i>, Submitted for publication, 1978. A. H. Kidd, Relation of Examination Scores to Tobacco Smoking, <i>Perceptual and Motor Skills, 36</i>, p. 946, 1973. B. M. Zussman, Tobacco Sensitivity in the Allergic Population. A Specific Allergic Entity <i>Journal of Asthma Research, 11</i>, pp. 159-167, 1974. F. Speer, Tobacco and the Nonsmoker, <i>Archives of Environmental Health, 16</i>, pp. 443-446, 1968. P. Cameron, Second-Hand Tobacco Smoke: Children's Reactions, <i>Journal of School Health, 42</i>, pp. 280-284, 1972. P. Cameron and D. Robertson, Effect of Home Environment Tobacco Smoke on Family Health, <i>Journal of Applied Psychology, 57</i>, pp. 142-147, 1973. S. Harlap and A. M. Davies, Smoking in Pregnancy and Child Development, <i>British Medical Journal, 2</i>, p. 610, 1974. L. A. Jason, Eliminating Smoking Through Stimulus Control, Paper presented at the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New York, December 1976. T. J. Auger, E. Wright, Jr., and R. H. Simpson, Posters as Smoking Deterents, <i>Journal of Applied Psychology, 56</i>, pp. 169-171, 1972.