title: No acute effect of cigarette smoking on bleeding time of habitual smokers.
abstract: To study the influence of cigarette smoking on blood platelet function, bleeding time was measured in two groups of 14 habitual smokers before and after a 20-minute period during which the subjects either smoked two cigarettes (experimental group) or rested (control group). The second bleeding time appeared to be slightly shortened upon cigarette-smoking (-0.1 min) and was found to be prolonged in the control group (+0.4 min). These changes did not differ significantly from each other (P = 0.38). Consequently, bleeding time of habitual smokers is not affected by smoking two cigarettes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Rijksuniversiteit Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Kampman
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hornstra
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001760:Bleeding Time; D006184:Habits; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D010974:Platelet Aggregation; D010979:Platelet Function Tests; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013997:Time Factors