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To the Editor: Benowitz and Henningfield (July 14 issue)¹ have calculated a recommended threshold level of nicotine in cigarettes below which they believe nicotine dependence is less likely to occur. I have questions about the assumptions behind and the possible implications of this calculation as well as the methods used to calculate this level.

One assumption behind this calculation is that cigarettes with lower levels of nicotine would decrease the progression of smoking from experimentation to nicotine dependence. Empirical studies have both supported and contradicted this assumption.² In fact, some results have suggested low-nicotine cigarettes may be more likely to . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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