ArticleThe International journal on drug policy2015
A pilot study on nicotine residues in houses of electronic cigarette users, tobacco smokers, and non-users of nicotine-containing products.
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- Prenatal Cannabis and Tobacco: Studies in Animal Models.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026Review
- Nicotine Degradation byMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Joint effects of tobacco smoke exposure and heavy metals on serum sex hormones in adult males.Hormones (Athens, Greece) · 2025Article
- Environmental tobacco smoke exposure is associated with increased levels of metals in children's saliva.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2023Article
- Effects of electronic cigarettes and hookah (waterpipe) use on home air quality.Tobacco control · 2023Article
- Exposure to Nicotine Vapor Produced by an Electronic Nicotine Delivery System Causes Short-Term Increases in Impulsive Choice in Adult Male Rats.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2022Article
- Tracing the movement of electronic cigarette flavor chemicals and nicotine from refill fluids to aerosol, lungs, exhale, and the environment.Chemosphere · 2022Article
- E-cigarette fluids and aerosol residues cause oxidative stress and an inflammatory response in human keratinocytes and 3D skin models.Toxicology in vitro : an international journal published in association with BIBRA · 2021Article
- Toxicology of flavoring- and cannabis-containing e-liquids used in electronic delivery systems.Pharmacology & therapeutics · 2021Review
- Early Chemistry of Nicotine Degradation in Heat-Not-Burn Smoking Devices and Conventional Cigarettes: Implications for Users and Second- and Third-Hand Smokers.The journal of physical chemistry. A · 2021Article
- The Cardiovascular Effects of Electronic Cigarettes.Current cardiology reports · 2021Review
- Indoor Air Quality and Passive E-cigarette Aerosol Exposures in Vape-Shops.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2020Article
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- Persistent tobacco smoke residue in multiunit housing: Legacy of permissive indoor smoking policies and challenges in the implementation of smoking bans.Preventive medicine reports · 2020Article
- Use of Electronic Cigarettes in Smoke-Free Spaces by Smokers: Results from the 2014-2015 Population Assessment on Tobacco and Health Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Dual Substance Use of Electronic Cigarettes and Alcohol.Frontiers in physiology · 2020Review
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Abstract
backgroundNicotine deposited on the surfaces has been shown to react with airborne chemicals leading to formation of carcinogens and contributing to thirdhand exposure. While prior studies revealed nicotine residues in tobacco smokers' homes, none have examined the nicotine residue in electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) users' homes.
methodsWe measured nicotine on the surfaces in households of 8 e-cigarette users, 6 cigarette smokers, and 8 non-users of nicotine-containing products in Western New York, USA. Three surface wipe samples were taken from the floor, wall and window. Nicotine was extracted from the wipes and analyzed using gas chromatography.
resultsHalf of the e-cigarette users' homes had detectable levels of nicotine on surfaces whereas nicotine was found in all of the tobacco cigarette smokers' homes. Trace amounts of nicotine were also detected in half of the homes of non-users of nicotine-containing products. Nicotine levels in e-cigarette users homes was significantly lower than that found in cigarette smokers homes (average concentration 7.7±17.2 vs. 1303±2676 μg/m2; p<0.05). There was no significant difference in the amount of nicotine in homes of e-cigarette users and non-users (p>0.05).
conclusionsNicotine is a common contaminant found on indoor surfaces. Using e-cigarettes indoors leads to significantly less thirdhand exposure to nicotine compared to smoking tobacco cigarettes.
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