Selective cardiovascular effects of stress and cigarette smoking in young women.

Used a 2?×?2 (smoke/no smoke?×?stress/no stress) factorial design to evaluate the impact of stress and smoking on the cardiovascular responses of 43 female undergraduates and college staff (mean age 20.7 yrs). The stressor was a video game. Results reveal that the combination of stress and cigarette smoking produced blood pressure and heart rate responses that were larger than the additive effects of smoking and stress taken separately. (36 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)