People hold diverse beliefs regarding the etiologies of individual and group differences in behaviors which, in turn, might affect their attitudes and behaviors. It is important to establish how perceived etiologies of smoking might affect the effectiveness of policy initiatives and prevention efforts. The present study assessed whether exposure to genetic vs. environmental accounts for smoking affects attitudes toward (a) workplace-related smoking policies and (b) smokers at the workplace. Results indicate that exposure to a genetic explanation led to stronger objections to a smoking restrictive policy compared with a non-genetic explanation. Additionally, participants in the genetic condition were more accepting of a smoker in the workplace than those in the environmental condition. Evidently, beliefs about the etiology of smoking influence a range of attitudes related to smokers and smoking-related policies.

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在工作场所吸烟：遗传和环境因果关系对员工吸烟态度和限制性政策的影响

人们对个人和群体行为差异的病因持有不同的信念，这反过来可能会影响他们的态度和行为。确定吸烟的感知病因如何影响政策举措和预防工作的有效性非常重要。本研究评估了吸烟的遗传因素与环境因素是否会影响对（a）工作场所相关吸烟政策和（b）工作场所吸烟者的态度。结果表明，与非遗传解释相比，暴露于遗传解释导致对限制吸烟政策的强烈反对。此外，与环境条件下的参与者相比，遗传条件下的参与者在工作场所更能接受吸烟者。显然，