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Nicotine & Tobacco Research Advance Access published online on August 4, 2009
Nicotine & Tobacco Research, doi:10.1093/ntr/ntp130
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Tobacco dependence in light smokers

Joseph DiFranza

Joseph DiFranza, M.D., Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA

Corresponding Author: Joseph DiFranza, M.D., Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01650, USA. Telephone: 508-856-5658; Fax: 508-856-1212; E-mail: difranzj@ummhc.org

Received: April 20, 2009; Accepted: June 15, 2009
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I wish to commend Reitzel et al. (2009) for their excellent study concerning low-level smoking among Spanish-speaking Latino smokers but would like to challenge their interpretation of the data. The authors compared low-level smokers (1–5 cigarettes/day) with light smokers (6–10 cigarettes/day) and heavy smokers (>10 cigarettes/day). They found (a) that low-level smokers . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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