Cigarette smoking as a dependence process.
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چکیده
ed from Turner, J.A.M.; Sillett, R.W.; and McNichol, M.W.Effect of carboxyhaemoglobin and plasma nicotine concentrations inprimary pipe and cigar smokers and ex-cigarette smokers. BritishMedical Journal, 2:1387-1387, 1977. ©1977, British Medical Jour-nal. Reproduced by permission. *Primary pipe and cigar smokers are those who have never been regu-lar cigarette smokers. Secondary pipe and cigar smokers are ex-cig-arette smokers who have switched to a pipe or cigars, which theythen tend to inhale (Castleden and Cole, 1973; Cowie, Sillett andBall, 1973).
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- NIDA research monograph
دوره 23 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1979