Passive Upper Airway Thermoregulation and High-Speed Assessment for Conventional versus Menthol Cigarette: Implications for Laryngeal Physiology

摘要

Purpose. This investigation combined measures of upper airway temperature (UAT) with highspeed laryngeal imaging in an individual who smoked a filtered conventional and menthol cigarette to identify laryngeal vibratory differences with upper airway temperature change. It was hypothesized that (1) average UAT differences between trials would be similar with UAT change <= 2 degrees C and (2) high-speed parameters would not differ between trials.