title: Smoking topography in a nonlaboratory environment.
abstract: The relationships between the number of cigarettes smoked/day and the number of puffs/cigarette, puff duration, and total puff time/cigarette were studied. Data were collected on 12 regular smokers for all cigarettes smoked over a 3-day period in a nonlaboratory environment. Between-subject variability was substantial on each of the topographical measures. Neither the number of cigarettes smoked per day nor the classification of Heavy (greater than 25 cigarettes/day) vs Moderate (less than 25 cigarettes/day) smoking levels was related to the intensity with which cigarettes were smoked. Within-subject consistency on the topography measures indicates that smokers may have relatively unique smoking patterns.
authors: Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455.
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Hatsukami
authors: S F
authors: SF
authors: Morgan
authors: R W
authors: RW
authors: Pickens
authors: J R
authors: JR
authors: Hughes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004777:Environment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012907:Smoking / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013997:Time Factors