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The Effect of Cigarette Smoking on Chemosensory Perceptionof Common Beverages

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Chemosensory Perception

Abstract

Introduction

This study aimed to determine whether a smoking restriction prior to sensory evaluation affects sensory perception and liking of beverages that represent sweetness (sweetened cocoa), saltiness (vegetable juice), sourness (orange juice), and bitterness (black coffee).

Methods

Smokers were asked to either abstain from smoking for 2 h or to smoke a cigarette 5 min prior to sensory evaluation of beverages. As a control, non-smokers participated in this study.

Results

Smokers who smoked 5 min prior to tasting beverages rated black coffee as significantly more bitter than did those who either abstained from smoking for 2 h or non-smokers. No effect of cigarette smoking was found either in intensity of other taste qualities and flavor or in the liking of the four types of beverages.

Conclusion

This study provides empirical evidence that cigarette smokers should abstain from smoking for 2 h prior to sensory evaluation of bitter-tasting beverages such as black coffee.

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  1. Department of Food Science, University of Arkansas, 2650 North Young Ave, Fayetteville, AR, 72704, USA

    Sungeun Cho, Araceli Camacho, Emily Patten, Denise Costa, Bruno Silva Damiao, Robert Fuller, Luan da Palma & Han-Seok Seo

  2. Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Michigan State University, 469 Wilson Rd, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA

    Sungeun Cho

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This study was based upon work that is supported, in part, by the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture Hatch Act funding to the corresponding author.

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All authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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This study was conducted according to the Declaration of Helsinki for studies on human subjects. The protocol used in this study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR).

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Before participation, the experimental procedure was explained to all participants and a written informed consent was obtained from each.

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Cho, S., Camacho, A., Patten, E. et al. The Effect of Cigarette Smoking on Chemosensory Perceptionof Common Beverages. Chem. Percept. 10, 1–7 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12078-016-9219-x

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