Publication year: 2011
Source: Addictive Behaviors, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 2 August 2011
Kristie M., June , Kaila J., Norton , Vaughan W., Rees , Richard J., O’Connor
While cigarette puffing style, measured by smoking topography, is highly variable between individuals, smoking behavior or style tends to vary relatively little within individuals. Recent research has demonstrated that certain situational factors may produce variation in smoking topography, including location of smoking. Smoking topography directly observed by researchers in a laboratory may differ from that indirectly observed via portable measurement devices at participants’ homes. The introduction of clean indoor air laws may also influence smokers’ puffing styles, as smokers modify their smoking topography to ensure a quicker, more efficient smoking style. The goal of this analysis was to examine whether…
Highlights: ► Participants tend to smoke more intensively in directly observed laboratory settings than in indirectly observed settings such as the home. ► The difference in intensity of smoking behaviors between the two settings is most pronounced when participants reported smoking inside the home. ► Laboratory results may or may not be indicative of natural behaviors based on home smoking conditions.