VASCULAR RESPONSES TO SMOKING TOBACCO COMPARED WITH RESPONSES TO SKIN TESTING OF TOBACCO EXTRACTS
Authors: K DE CRINIS, W REDISCH, V FONTANA, A LEWIS, M B SULZ-BERGER, J M STEELE
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1960)

Article1 May 1960VASCULAR RESPONSES TO SMOKING TOBACCO COMPARED WITH RESPONSES TO SKIN TESTING OF TOBACCO EXTRACTSKURT DE CRINIS, M.D., WALTER REDISCH, M.D., F.A.C.P., VINCENT FONTANA, M.D., ARTHUR LEWIS, M.D., MARION B. SULZBERGER, M.D., F.A.C.P., J. MURRAY STEELE, M.D.KURT DE CRINIS, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, WALTER REDISCH, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, VINCENT FONTANA, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ARTHUR LEWIS, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, MARION B. SULZBERGER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, J. MURRAY STEELE, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-52-5-1035 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONThere has been considerable interest for many years in vasomotor responses to nicotine and to the smoking (or chewing) of tobacco. There is almost complete agreement that smoking usually produces transient adrenergic stimulation via the sympathetic nervous system, followed by depression of sympathetic and parasympathetic ganglia.1-5 Vasoconstrictor response to tobacco smoking could not be found in sympathectomized limbs6 by the technic of toe plethysmography, which records practically skin flow only.It has been fairly well established over the years that, in a certain percentage of subjects, smoking of tobacco causes vasoconstriction of peripheral vessels, as indicated by decrease in...Bibliography1. 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