Consumption of 'low-yield' cigarettes: Its frequency and relationship to serum thiocyanate

A.R. Folsom, T.F. Pechacek, R. de Gaudemaris, R.V. Luepker, D.R. Jacobs and R.F. Gillum

American Journal of Public Health, 1984, vol. 74, issue 6, 564-568

Abstract: To determine the use of possible health risks of low-yield cigarettes, we ascertained the cigarette brands and serum thiocyanate (SCN) levels of 2.561 adult smokers (age 25-74) in population-based samples of seven upper Midwestern communities during 1980-82. Brands were coded according to December 1981 Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rating for 'tar', nicotine, and carbon monoxide (CO). Compared to 1980 data from the National Center for Health Statistics for the United States as a whole, a greater proportion of smokers in these communities smoked low-yield brands. More people with higher education than lesser and more women than man smoked low-yield cigarettes. Greater proportions of older people (65-75 years) than younger people (

Date: 1984
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