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The importance of tar and nicotine in determining cigarette smoking habits.
J Epidemiol Community Health. 1981 Mar; 35(1):23-4.JE

Abstract

Cigarette consumption and inhaling, assessed using carboxyhaemoglobin levels, were studied in 1786 men to investigate the importance of tar and nicotine as determinants of smoking habits. No prior warning was given that smoking habits would be studied. Neither nicotine nor tar yields materially influenced the number of cigarettes smoked a day. Both nicotine and tar yields were negatively associated with inhaling (p less than 0.001) but after allowing for either of the two yields the effect of the other on inhaling was no longer statistically significant. There was, therefore, no indication as to whether nicotine or tar was the more important determinant of smoking habit.

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Authors

Wald NJ
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Idle M
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Boreham J
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Bailey A
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MeSH

Carbon MonoxideCarboxyhemoglobinHumansNicotineSmokingTars

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

7264529

Citation

Wald, N J., et al. "The Importance of Tar and Nicotine in Determining Cigarette Smoking Habits." Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, vol. 35, no. 1, 1981, pp. 23-4.
Wald NJ, Idle M, Boreham J, et al. The importance of tar and nicotine in determining cigarette smoking habits. J Epidemiol Community Health. 1981;35(1):23-4.
Wald, N. J., Idle, M., Boreham, J., & Bailey, A. (1981). The importance of tar and nicotine in determining cigarette smoking habits. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 35(1), 23-4.
Wald NJ, et al. The Importance of Tar and Nicotine in Determining Cigarette Smoking Habits. J Epidemiol Community Health. 1981;35(1):23-4. PubMed PMID: 7264529.
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