RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Glycerol particle cigarettes: a less harmful option for chronic smokers.
JF Thorax
JO Thorax
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society
SP 385
OP 387
DO 10.1136/thx.48.4.385
VO 48
IS 4
A1 G Sutherland
A1 M A Russell
A1 J A Stapleton
A1 C Feyerabend
YR 1993
UL http://thorax.bmj.com/content/48/4/385.abstract
AB In 20 smokers who switched to a new type of virtually tar free cigarette for three days, average nicotine intake was reduced by 44%, carbon monoxide intake increased by 19%, while estimated tar intake was reduced by about 90%. Such cigarettes pose substantially less risk of cancer and chronic obstructive lung disease than conventional cigarettes, and their acceptability and safety could be improved by increasing nicotine yield, reducing carbon monoxide yield, and improving the flavour.