Open AccessThe Reliability and Stability of Puff Topography Variables in Non-Daily Smokers Assessed in the Laboratory
Author(s) -
Julie C. Gass,
Lisa J. Germeroth,
Jennifer M. Wray,
Stephen T. Tiffany
Publication year - 2015
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/ntv045
Subject(s) - reliability (semiconductor) , session (web analytics) , population , cigarette smoking , smoke , medicine , psychology , environmental health , meteorology , geography , computer science , physics , power (physics) , quantum mechanics , world wide web
Puff topography variables, often measured using the Clinical Research Support System device, have traditionally been studied in regular, daily smokers and have been shown to be highly stable. However, more recent research has focused on non-daily smokers as a population of interest. As such, the aim of this article was to examine puff topography stability (cross-cigarette agreement over time) and reliability (within-cigarette consistency) in non-daily smokers across six laboratory sessions.