Immediate Carbon Monoxide Estimates and Self-Reported Smoking
- 1 December 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 49 (2) , 675-678
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1979.49.2.675
Abstract
Because carbon monoxide (CO) is an easily understood danger of cigarette smoking, new breath CO analyzers may be useful in cessation programs. Self-reported cigarette consumption and breath CO correlated .70 using a 90-sec. CO-determination method. Smokers averaging 17 daily cigarettes had average breath CO of 24 parts per million (ppm), falling to 7.71 ppm for smokers claiming at least 24-hr. abstinence. Corresponding carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) estimates were 4.34% (slightly above World Health Organization 4% safety limit) and 1.39%. Smoking clinics can use CO-monitoring devices for feedback or surveillance, although feedback would provide the most benefits for participants.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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