Psychologists have long known that perceptions impact the way humans interact with each other. Stereotypical beliefs are attempts to organize the world and classify individuals into neat, predictable groups. For example, there is a tendency to generalize college professors as liberals and construction workers as conservatives. Of course, these far- sweeping generalizations may or may not be true. Pipe smokers similarly tend to elicit strong perceptions and generalizations. In his 1962 book, Weber's Guide to Pipes and Pipe Smokers, Carl Weber describes the typical pipe smoker:

 
   We are all aware that the pipe smoker belongs to 
   a breed apart from other men. His pleasures ...

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