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A NOTE ON SMOKING AND HEART RATE
Author(s) -
Elliott Rogers,
Thysell Richard
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
psychophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.661
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1469-8986
pISSN - 0048-5772
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1968.tb02823.x
Subject(s) - habituation , abstinence , heart rate , psychology , cigarette smoking , smoking cessation , breathing , anesthesia , cardiology , psychiatry , medicine , blood pressure , psychotherapist , pathology
The effect of a cigarette on the heart rate (HR) of habitual smokers was assessed after brief abstinence and after regular smoking, with controls of sham smoking and deep breathing. Smoking, and only smoking, caused elevations in HR of about 20 bpm. The effect mimics habituation, and its dissipation, which may take about an hour, proceeds more slowly after continual smoking than after smoking a single cigarette after a few hours abstinence.