TABLE 2.

Relevant Questions from the Interview Guide

Relevant Questions from the Interview Guide
Assuming that you could predict risk, what do you think would be the impact on individuals if you told them that they had a genetic variance that increased their susceptibility (or affected their tendency) to smoke?
Do you think this information could alter individuals’ understanding of their smoking behavior or health?
Is it your impression that current tobacco control programs have used stigma as a way of reducing smoking? What do you think about this approach? Do you think that the recognition of a genetic component to smoking would affect the stigma associated with smoking?
Some pharmaceutical companies are developing vaccines that can be used to prevent and treat nicotine addiction. One blocks the effects of nicotine by stopping it from entering the brain.
Do you see any potential benefits or drawbacks?
Do you think it would influence people’s judgment of addiction? (For example, less stigmatized?)