Smokers of Low-Yield Cigarettes Do Not Consume Less Nicotine

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 309, Issue 3, 1983, Pages 139-142

  Benowttz, Neal L ^a   Hall, Sharon M ^a   Herning, Ronald I ^a   Jacob, Peyton ^a   Jones, Reese T ^a   Osman, Abdel Latif ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTININE; NICOTINE; TAR;

BLOOD; BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; SMOKING;

ADULT; COTININE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICOTINE; PLANTS, TOXIC; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

EID: 0020639873     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198307213090303     Document Type: Article

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