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LETTER: Tobacco dependence in light smokers ($$) 

Jump to full article: Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 2009-08-04
Author: Joseph DiFranza

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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 . . .

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