CIGARETTE-SMOKE INHALATION AND THE ACUTE AIRWAY RESPONSE
CIGARETTE-SMOKE INHALATION AND THE ACUTE AIRWAY RESPONSE
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DOI:
10.1136/thx.35.4.246
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
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影响因子:
10
通讯作者:
CLARK, TJH
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作者:
HIGENBOTTAM, T;FEYERABAND, C;CLARK, TJH
The acute airway response to smoking varying numbers (1-4) of identical cigarettes in rapid succession and smoking single cigarettes of differing tar/nicotine yields was assessed repeatedly in 13 healthy smokers. The airway response was variable, indicating airway narrowing consistently in only 3 subjects. There appeared no difference between forced spirometry and measurement of airway resistance in detecting the airway response. No relationship was observed between the airway response and amount of smoke inhaled into the lungs as measured by changes in venous blood nicotine or percentage HbCO. When 5 smokers inhaled smoke directly from a cigarette, acute airway narrowing was consistently observed. A normal smoking pattern consisting of an initial drag of smoke into the mouth, followed after a pause by inhalation of smoke diluted with air, did not consistently cause airway narrowing, although similar amounts of smoke as the direct drag were inhaled as assessed by changes in venous blood nicotine. The manner of smoke inhalation affects the relative concentrations of the different constituents of smoke reaching the lungs and appears to be the main determinant of the acute airway response to smoking, which was unrelated to the number of cigarettes smoked or the smoke tar content. Patterns of smoke inhalation may influence the pathogenesis of bronchial disease associated with smoking.