Withdrawal-suppressing effects of a novel smoking system: comparison with own brand, not own brand, and de-nicotinized cigarettes.

What Was Tested

This randomized controlled trial looks at Smoking.

This study examines the acute effects of the Accord system on cigarette smokers; the study extends a previous preliminary evaluation by controlling for the system's eight-puff/cigarette limit, smokers' brand preference, and the act of smoking.

Smokers of light or ultra-light cigarette brands (> or = 10 cigarettes/day, 16 men and 16 women) participated in this within-subjects protocol.

Who Took Part

According to the abstract, 16 men were involved.

PubMed indexes the participants as teenagers, adults and middle-aged adults, both men and women.

How the Study Was Run

The design is described as randomized.

Random assignment meant chance, not the researchers, decided who got Smoking and who got the comparison, which limits bias.

What Was Measured

This study examines the acute effects of the Accord system on cigarette smokers; the study extends a previous preliminary evaluation by controlling for the system's eight-puff/cigarette limit, smokers' brand preference, and the act of smoking.

The subject headings attached to it are Body Temperature, Choice Behavior, Heart Rate, Nicotine, Smoking, Smoking Cessation and Substance Withdrawal Syndrome.

What This Means in Plain Language

The paper is a randomized study of Smoking in 16 men.

With fewer than 40 people, it is a small study, so it is better read as an early signal for further research than as a settled answer.

The publication is from 2001 (Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco), a journal based in England.

More context: all human trials.