TY - JOUR
T1 - Smoking behavior and tobacco smoke intake
T2 - Response of smokers to shortened cigarettes
AU - Chait, L. D.
AU - Griffiths, Roland R.
PY - 1982/7
Y1 - 1982/7
N2 - The response of four cigarette smokers to full-length and three different types of half-length cigarettes was examined in a naturalistic laboratory environment. During daily 100-min sessions, subjects smoked ad libitum: (l)full-length (100 mm) cigarettes, (2) the distal half of cigarettes, (3) the proximal half of cigarettes, or (4) the proximal half of previously smoked cigarettes. As a group, subjects smoked 75% more half-length cigarettes than full-length cigarettes. Subjects also puffed at a higher rate (i.e., had shorter interpuff intervals) on half-length than on full-length cigarettes. Mean puff duration (sec/puff) was higher when subjects smoked the distal-half cigarettes than when they smoked the proximal-half cigarettes and subjects spent proportionately more time puffing on the distal-half cigarettes than on the other three types. Through a combination of smoking more half-length cigarettes and modifying the way they smoked half-length cigarettes, subjects maintained the same intake of smoke (as measured by expired air carbon monoxide) during sessions as when they smoked full-length cigarettes. These results demonstrate that smokers make complex adjustments in their smoking behavior in response to changes in cigarette length.
AB - The response of four cigarette smokers to full-length and three different types of half-length cigarettes was examined in a naturalistic laboratory environment. During daily 100-min sessions, subjects smoked ad libitum: (l)full-length (100 mm) cigarettes, (2) the distal half of cigarettes, (3) the proximal half of cigarettes, or (4) the proximal half of previously smoked cigarettes. As a group, subjects smoked 75% more half-length cigarettes than full-length cigarettes. Subjects also puffed at a higher rate (i.e., had shorter interpuff intervals) on half-length than on full-length cigarettes. Mean puff duration (sec/puff) was higher when subjects smoked the distal-half cigarettes than when they smoked the proximal-half cigarettes and subjects spent proportionately more time puffing on the distal-half cigarettes than on the other three types. Through a combination of smoking more half-length cigarettes and modifying the way they smoked half-length cigarettes, subjects maintained the same intake of smoke (as measured by expired air carbon monoxide) during sessions as when they smoked full-length cigarettes. These results demonstrate that smokers make complex adjustments in their smoking behavior in response to changes in cigarette length.
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U2 - 10.1038/clpt.1982.131
DO - 10.1038/clpt.1982.131
M3 - Article
C2 - 7083736
AN - SCOPUS:0020262260
SN - 0009-9236
VL - 32
SP - 90
EP - 97
JO - Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
JF - Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
IS - 1
ER -