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Good Intentions. High-status groups use more self-restraint in their consumption of food and tobacco. Moreover the better educated among them are more environmentally aware. A survey was conducted in order to investigate whether these groups also apply selfrestraint to environmentally relevant consumption. The survey revealed that the better educated hardly refrain from consumption causing high C02-emissions, such as driving cars and flying airplanes. However, more than others they purchase products considered environmentally friendly and report that they limit on their consumption for the sake of the environment. The analysis focusses on social status and distinction in connection with social constraint.