Cigarette smoking shortens the bleeding time.
The cutaneous bleeding time was shortened after smoking high nicotine cigarettes while not after smoking nicotine free cigarettes. The ADP induced primary platelet aggregation was not enhanced. The number of circulating platelet aggregates did not change due to smoking.
D000328:Adult; D001760:Bleeding Time; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009538:Nicotine / Q000494:pharmacology; D010974:Platelet Aggregation; D012907:Smoking
D009538:Nicotine