Accomodation to Restricted Tobacco Smoke Intake in Cigarette Smokers

Smoking behavior was studied for four weeks in 18 volunteers given cigarettes cut to half their normal length for one week, and marked with a red line at the half-way point for another week. Although there was a small tendency (NS) to light up more of the half-cigarettes than normal cigarettes, none of the subjects compensated for decreased nicotine intake by doubling the number of cigarettes they smoked. It was concluded from these short-term findings that the use of half-cigarettes is a simple, low cost method which may induce smokers to decrease their tobacco use.