Of the following smokers, which one is choosing the route of rationalization to deal with the dissonance between their smoking behavior and their belief that smoking is unhealthy?

a. Alejandro, who says, "Cancer doesn't run in my family anyway.".
b. Bhodip, who says, "I'll worry about quitting smoking when I'm older.".
c. Corbin, who quits smoking "cold turkey.".
d. Damita, who develops and implements a plan to gradually stop smoking.
e. Esperanza, who stops paying attention to messages that smoking is harmful.


a

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