Be a Positive Non-Smoker®

Cutting Down Doesn't Help Your Health

The latest research has shown that if smokers think they are doing themselves a favor by “cutting down” instead of STOPPING are deluding themselves Cutting down by half simply changes the way smokers smoke. The best path to being a non-smoker is to completely stop, not just gradually reduce the number of cigarettes smoked.

When the body is not getting what it is accustomed to, the unconscious mind will make adjustments. That is why women who reduced the number of cigarettes smoked, inhaled longer and deeper and smoked more of the cigarette, thereby increasing their exposure to smoke, carbon monoxide, nicotine and other cancer-causing chemicals - just as previous studies have shown those switching to lower tar cigarettes did. They also exhaled more carbon monoxide. The change in smoking behavior increases the nicotine hit and, actually can reinforce the habit, making it hard to completely stop smoking.

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Levels of cigarette availability and exposure in Black and White women and efficient smokers

Abstract

Purposes of this investigation were to examine differences in smoke exposure and smoking topography across three smoking conditions: usual number of cigarettes, restricted (50%) and increased (167%) simulating restricted and unrestricted cigarette availability. A repeated-measures counterbalanced design with a sample of 25 women (13 African Americans; 12 Caucasians) was implemented with a 6-day inpatient protocol conducted in the General Clinical Research Center (GCRC). There were significantly larger percentage increases in carbon monoxide (CO) postcigarette in the restricted condition compared to usual and increased condition. Women with baseline cotinine/cigarette ratios >20 ng/ml/cigarette, considered efficient smokers, had significantly higher CO increases postcigarette at baseline than participants with lower cotinine/cigarette ratios, yet increased this exposure further during the restricted condition. Efficient smokers had significantly higher nicotine boost in the restricted condition compared to less efficient smokers. Differences by ethnicity were also noted with significantly higher CO percentage increases pre- to postcigarette in African Americans across all conditions, compared to Caucasians. Levels of smoke exposure postcigarette in persons who reduce cigarettes per day in response to restricted cigarette availability may be substantial.