ArticleTobacco control2019
Electronic cigarette chemicals transfer from a vape shop to a nearby business in a multiple-tenant retail building.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.
- Analysis of Assessment Methods for Detecting Nicotine Residue and Its Impact on Humans: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Pooled it
- Aerosol, vapor, or chemicals? College student perceptions of harm from electronic cigarettes and support for a tobacco-free campus policy.Journal of American college health : J of ACHTrial
- When 'vape-free' should mean 'smoke-free': third-hand e-cigarette residues and the developing lung.Pediatric research · 2026Article
- Sex-specific modulation of lung function and transcriptome in neonate mice exposed to thirdhand electronic-cigarette aerosols.Pediatric research · 2026Article
- On the Detection and Scope of "Third-Hand Vaping": A Critical Review of the Literature.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Review
- E-cigarette use in vehicles: factors associated with secondhand exposure and behaviour from a US young adult sample in 2024.Tobacco control · 2026Article
- E-cigarette use, perceived risks, attitudes, opinions of e-cigarette policies, and associated factors among Thai university students.Tobacco induced diseases · 2024Article
- Exposure, Retention, Exhalation, Symptoms, and Environmental Accumulation of Chemicals During JUUL Vaping.Chemical research in toxicology · 2023Article
- Review of Use Prevalence, Susceptibility, Advertisement Exposure, and Access to Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems among Minorities and Low-Income Populations in the United States.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Assessment of worker chemical exposures in California vape shops.Journal of occupational and environmental hygiene · 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
- The chemistry and toxicology of vaping.Pharmacology & therapeutics · 2021Review
- Toxicology of flavoring- and cannabis-containing e-liquids used in electronic delivery systems.Pharmacology & therapeutics · 2021Review
- Effects of electronic cigarette aerosol exposure on oral and systemic health.Biomedical journal · 2021Review
- Impacts of electronic cigarettes usage on air quality of vape shops and their nearby areas.The Science of the total environment · 2021Article
- Exposure Assessment of Environmental Tobacco Aerosol from Heated Tobacco Products: Nicotine and PM Exposures under Two Limited Conditions.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- 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
- Home smoking and vaping policies among US adults: results from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study, wave 3.Preventive medicine · 2020Article
- 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
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Abstract
backgroundElectronic cigarettes (ECs) are nicotine delivery devices that produce aerosol without combustion of tobacco; therefore, they do not produce sidestream smoke. Nevertheless, many users exhale large clouds of aerosol that can result in passive exposure of non-users. Analogous to thirdhand cigarette smoke, the exhaled aerosol also settles on indoor surfaces where it can produce a residue. We refer to this residue as EC exhaled aerosol residue (ECEAR). Our objective was to determine if exhaled EC aerosol transferred from a vape shop in a multiple-tenant retail building, where it was produced, to a nearby business (field site) where it could deposit as ECEAR.
methodsWe examined the build-up of ECEAR in commonly used materials (cotton towel and paper towels) placed inside the field site across from the vape shop. Materials were subjected to short-term (days) and long-term (months) exposures. Nicotine, other alkaloids and tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNAs) were identified and quantified in controls and field site samples using analytical chemical techniques.
resultsNicotine and other alkaloids were detected after 1 day of exposure in the field site, and these chemicals generally increased as exposure times increased. TSNAs, which have been linked to carcinogenesis, were also detected in short-term and long-term exposed samples from the field site.
conclusionsIn a multiple-tenant retail building, chemicals in EC aerosol travelled from a vape shop into an adjacent business where they deposited forming ECEAR. Regulatory agencies and tenants occupying such buildings should be aware of this potential environmental hazard.
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