Reactions to reduced nicotine content cigarettes in a sample of young adult, low-frequency smokers.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Reducing nicotine content in cigarettes to ≤ 2.4 mg per g of tobacco [mg/g] reduces smoking behavior and toxicant exposure among adult daily smokers. However, cigarettes with similar nicotine content could support continued experimentation and smoking progression among young adults who smoke infrequently.

Objectives

This study evaluated the threshold for nicotine in cigarettes that produces reactions associated with smoking progression in a sample of young adults who smoke infrequently.

Methods

Young adults (n = 87, 18-25 years, 49% female) using tobacco products ≤ 15 days per month completed three counterbalanced, double-blinded sessions, each measuring positive and negative subjective reactions to fixed doses of smoke from investigational cigarettes contai

SUBMITTER: Sweitzer MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8376766 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature