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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 2.
Published in final edited form as: Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2009 Nov 21;208(1):143–158. doi: 10.1007/s00213-009-1716-z

Table 4.

Effect of tobacco smoke exposure on responding for food pellets.

Time Active lever Inactive lever
C (n=10) Tobacco (n=10) C (n=10) Tobacco (n=10)

3W/Day 22 – 24 hrs 255.6 ± 3.9 148.0 ± 20.1** 0.1 ± 0.1 4.7 ± 2.8
3W/Day 23 – 40 min 256.0 ± 3.4 200.1 ±19.2** 1.3 ± 0.9 2.4 ± 1.5
4W/Day 29 – 24 hrs 256.0 ± 3.4 177.5 ± 20.1** 0.4 ± 0.3 3.7 ± 1.9
4W/Day 30 – 40 min 259.6 ± 3.6 202.5 ± 20.8* 0.2 ± 0.1 0.2 ± 0.1

Data are expressed as means (± S.E.M.). Abbreviations: C, control group; 3W, 3 weeks of smoke exposure; 4W, 4 weeks of smoke exposure. Time (min/hrs) indicates duration after last smoke exposure session. Asterisks (**P<0.01, *P<0.05) indicate fewer responses on the active lever compared to the control group.