AJPH
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

AJPH First Look, published online ahead of print Jul 31, 2007
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow All Versions of this Article:
AJPH.2005.078014v1
AJPH.2005.078014v2
97/11/1981    most recent
Right arrow Submit a response
Right arrow Purchase Article
Right arrow View Shopping Cart
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Rabinoff, M. D.
Right arrow Articles by Park, C.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Rabinoff, M. D.
Right arrow Articles by Park, C.
©
American Journal of Public Health, 10.2105/AJPH.2005.078014

Government, Politics, and Law

Pharmacological and Chemical Effects of Cigarette Additives

Michael David Rabinoff 1*, Nicholas Caskey 2, Anthony Rissling 3, Candice Park 4

1 Dept of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Science, UCLA
2 UCLA/WLAVA
3 USC/UCLA
4 UCLA

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: mrabinoff{at}mednet.ucla.edu.


  Abstract

We investigated tobacco industry documents and other sources for evidence of possible pharmacological and chemical effects of tobacco additives.

Our findings indicated that more than 100 of 599 documented cigarette additives have pharmacological actions that camouflage the odor of environmental tobacco smoke emitted from cigarettes, enhance or maintain nicotine delivery, could increase the addictiveness of cigarettes, and mask symptoms and illnesses associated with smoking behaviors.

Whether such uses were specifically intended for these agents is unknown. Our results provide a clear rationale for regulatory control of tobacco additives.

Key Words: Health Law, Health Policy, Environmental Tobacco Smoke, Smoking Cessation, Tobacco Control, Tobacco




This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Tobacco ControlHome page
D Hammond and R J O'Connor
Constituents in tobacco and smoke emissions from Canadian cigarettes
Tob. Control, September 1, 2008; 17(Suppl_1): i24 - i31.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH
Copyright © 2007 by the American Public Health Association