When smokers quit: exposure to nicotine and carcinogens persists from thirdhand smoke pollution.
Matt GE, Quintana PJE, Zakarian JM, Hoh E, Hovell MF, Mahabee-Gittens M, Watanabe K, Datuin K, Vue C, Chatfield DA.
Matt GE, et al. Among authors: hovell mf.
Tob Control. 2016 Sep;26(5):548-556. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2016-053119. Epub 2016 Sep 21.
Tob Control. 2016.
PMID: 27655249
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Measures were analysed for THS pollutants on household surfaces, fingers and in dust (ie, nicotine, tobacco-specific nitrosamines) and for urinary markers of exposure (ie, cotinine, 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanol (NNAL)). RESULTS: We observed significant short-t …
Measures were analysed for THS pollutants on household surfaces, fingers and in dust (ie, nicotine, tobacco-specific nitrosamines) and for u …