Smoking topography in a nonlaboratory environment.
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.
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Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455.
Morgan
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Pickens
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Hughes
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D000328:Adult; D004777:Environment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012907:Smoking / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013997:Time Factors