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. 1982 Jun;72(6):597-9.
doi: 10.2105/ajph.72.6.597.

A color-matching technique for monitoring tar/nicotine yields to smokers

L T Kozlowski, W S Rickert, M A Pope, J C Robinson

A color-matching technique for monitoring tar/nicotine yields to smokers

L T Kozlowski et al. Am J Public Health. 1982 Jun.

Abstract

We describe a technique that enables individuals to detect the number of puffs taken on a filter cigarette by comparing the "color" of the spent filter to a color scale that simulates the appearance of filters exposed to low-, standard-, or high-yield smoking-machine regimens. Average ratings of filters by 11 subjects correlated almost perfectly with the number of standard puffs to which the filters had been exposed. (Am J Public Health 1982; 72:597-599.)

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