Open AccessIncreases in Cigarette Consumption and Decreases in Smoking Intensity When Nondaily Smokers Are Provided With Free Cigarettes
Author(s) -
Saul Shiffman,
Sarah Scholl
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
nicotine and tobacco research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.338
H-Index - 113
eISSN - 1469-994X
pISSN - 1462-2203
DOI - 10.1093/ntr/ntx221
Subject(s) - consumption (sociology) , cigarette smoking , smoking cessation , smoking epidemiology , young adult , alcohol consumption , environmental health , medicine , gerontology , chemistry , alcohol , population , social science , pathology , sociology , biochemistry
Studies testing novel tobacco products often provide participants with free product and assess consumption. Some, but not all, studies find that providing free cigarettes increases smoking. We tested changes in smoking when free cigarettes were provided to nondaily, intermittent smokers, who constitute one-third of US adult smokers.
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