Effects of varying doses of smokeless tobacco at rest and during brief, high-intensity exercise

Mil Med. 1992 Feb;157(2):51-5.

Abstract

To determine the influence of varying doses of smokeless tobacco (moist snuff) on resting heart rate and blood pressure and the performance of brief, high-intensity exercise, 12 snuff users were examined at rest and while performing Wingate Anaerobic Tests after taking six different doses of snuff. Snuff caused an increase in heart rate; the larger the dose, the larger the response. Increases in systolic and diastolic blood pressure also occurred but were similar at all doses. Performance of brief, high-intensity exercise was unaffected, so that there was no benefit for such activities (e.g., sprinting bases in base ball).

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Blood Pressure / drug effects
  • Exercise*
  • Heart Rate / drug effects
  • Hemodynamics / drug effects*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Plants, Toxic*
  • Rest*
  • Tobacco, Smokeless / pharmacology*