Behavioral Filter Vent Blocking on the First Cigarette of the Day Predicts Which Smokers of Light Cigarettes Will Increase Smoke Exposure From Blocked Vents

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 405-412

  Strasser, Andrew A ^a   Tang, Kathy Z ^a   Sanborn, Paul M ^a   Zhou, Jon Y ^a   Kozlowski, Lynn T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon monoxide; filter vents; light cigarette; smoking; topography

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CIGARETTE SMOKE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FILTER DESIGN; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; CARBON MONOXIDE; FEMALE; FILTRATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72549086501     PISSN: 10641297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017649     Document Type: Article

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