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The Effect of Varying the Nicotine Content of Cigarettes on Human Smoking Behaviour

Abstract

Study concluding that smokers, smoking cigarettes with differing levels of nicotine, alter their behavior in order to receive a constant level of nicotine from each cigarette. Suggests future study on holding nicotine level constant and measuring behavior changes depending on environmental situation (i.e., stress), thereby measuring effect of different environmental situations on changes in desired nicotine levels.

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Fields

Author

FRITH, CD

Hypothesis

Compensation

Incorporating knowledge of compensation and effects of human smoking behavior into cigarette design.

Low-yield cigarettes

Modification of low yield products to assure that adequate levels of nicotine delivery are maintained, and effects of yield changes on toxicity and dependence.

Measuring human smoking behavior

Measuring the effects of changes in human smoking behavior on intake of nicotine and smoke constituents.

Behavior Targeting

Cigarette's effect of enhancing/mitigating specific behaviors

Smoking psychology and behavior

Inhalation Profile

Are cigarettes designed to cater to individual inhalation profiles?

Keyword

Smoker behavior (Human smoking behavior)

Puff parameters, daily intake, etc.

Behavioral effects (Behavioral pharmacology)

Addiction behavior, withdrawal, and measured nicotine effects

Behavior targeting

Design Component

Nicotine content (Tobacco nicotine content)

Total nicotine in the unburnt tobacco rod

Named Organization

HEW, DEPT OF HEALTH EDUCATION AND WELFARE

IMPERIAL TOBACCO

Tobacco Research Council

Subject

Test/Consumer Preference (Testing)

Effects—Smoking Behavior (Effects)

nicotine technology

Test/Smoking Behavior (Testing)