The effect of smoking on tremor

Abstract

Approximately 100 college students were used as subjects in a series of experiments to determine the effects of smoking on finger tremor, using the author's finger tremometer as a measuring device. The results indicated that: (1) finger tremor increased after smoking; (2) there were greatest increases in finger tremor for smokers who inhale, compared with smokers who do not inhale, non-smokers inhaling, and non-smokers not inhaling; (3) smoking "denicotonized" cigarettes did not reduce the tremor increases; (4) smoking corn silk or breathing cigarette smoke produced no significant tremor changes. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)