© Health New Zealand 2009 Average of values from four smokers smoking hand-rolled cigarettes, December 2007. Urge to smoke measured just before and just after smoking. CO measured before and 5 minutes after finishing each cigarette. dataentryform.xls With each cigarette
the carbon monoxide increases and the urge to smoke decreases. This is due to the
fact that each inhaled puff of cigarette smoke supplies carbon monoxide and
nicotine; the cause of addiction and the toxic gases are supplied in the same
mixture. The data were collected as part of the
following research project: LAUGESEN, M., EPTON, M., FRAMPTON, C.,
GLOVER, M., LEA, R.A. Hand-rolled cigarette smoking patterns, compared with
factory-made cigarette smoking in New Zealand men. BMC Public Health 2009,
9:194. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/9/194 (Open Access – full text free).
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