Because Smokers Vary in the Number of Puffs Per Cigarette

question 24

Multiple Choice

Because smokers vary in the number of puffs per cigarette, time between puffs, depth of inhalation, and how much of the cigarette is smoked, it would be ___________ to use an aggregate measure of the total number of cigarettes smoked as an index.

• A)important
• B)preferable
• C)unadvisable
• D)appropriate

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