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Bronchial Reactivity to Cigarette and Cigar Smoke
Br Med J 1969; 3 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.3.5665.269 (Published 02 August 1969) Cite this as: Br Med J 1969;3:269
- D. G. Robertson,
- D. A. Warrell,
- Jan S. Newton-Howes,
- C. M. Fletcher
Abstract
The change in specific airway conductance produced by smoking a cigarette under standard conditions was measured in 91 heavy smokers. Subsequently 19 of the most reactive subjects smoked two cigarettes with different filters and another containing cigar tobacco. The results indicated that reactivity to cigarette smoke was reduced significantly by increasing the retention efficiency of the filter and that reactivity to inhaled cigar-tobacco smoke was no less than that to cigarette smoke.