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Relation between saliva cotinine concentration, cigarette consumption, and blood pressure among smokers
A J Garvey1, K D Ward, R E Bliss
1Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
The American Journal of Cardiology
|July 1, 1995
Abstract:
In conclusion, we found no evidence of any reduction in blood pressure with greater smoking exposure. For smokers allowed to smoke in a natural manner before blood pressure assessment, greater smoking exposure indexed by saliva cotinine concentration is associated with higher systolic blood pressure levels.