ArticleTobacco use insights2019
Nicotine on Children's Hands: Limited Protection of Smoking Bans and Initial Clinical Findings.
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31 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
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- Assessment, detection, and validation of clinical associations of thirdhand smoke exposure (ADVOCATE) study protocol.Pediatric research · 2025Article
- Association between biomarkers of tobacco smoke exposure and clinical efficacy of ivacaftor in the G551D observational trial (GOAL).Journal of cystic fibrosis : official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society · 2024Observational
- Contamination of surfaces in children's homes with nicotine and the potent carcinogenic tobacco-specific nitrosamine NNK.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2024Article
- Tobacco Smoke Exposure and Sleep Duration among U.S. Adolescents.Behavioral sleep medicine · 2024Article
- Cotton pillow samplers for assessment of thirdhand smoke in homes of smokers and nonsmokers with children.Journal of environmental exposure assessment · 2024Article
- Thirdhand Smoke Knowledge, Beliefs and Behaviors among Parents and Families: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Sources of Tobacco Smoke Exposure and Their Associations With Serum Cotinine Levels Among US Children and Adolescents.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023Article
- Distinguishing Exposure to Secondhand and Thirdhand Tobacco Smoke among U.S. Children Using Machine Learning: NHANES 2013-2016.Environmental science & technology · 2023Article
- Hand nicotine as an independent marker of thirdhand smoke pollution in children's environments.The Science of the total environment · 2022Article
- Financial Insecurity and Food Insecurity among U.S. Children with Secondhand and Thirdhand Smoke Exposure.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Disparities in dental health issues and oral health care visits in US children with tobacco smoke exposure.Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) · 2022Article
- High Levels of the Carcinogenic Tobacco-Specific Nitrosamine NNAL and Associated Findings in Children of Smokers: A Case Series.Biomarker insights · 2022Article
- Altered microbiomes in thirdhand smoke-exposed children and their home environments.Pediatric research · 2021Article
- Altered microbiomes in thirdhand smoke-exposed children and their home environments.Pediatric research · 2021Article
- Comparison of Levels of Three Tobacco Smoke Exposure Biomarkers in Children of Smokers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Differential associations of hand nicotine and urinary cotinine with children's exposure to tobacco smoke and clinical outcomes.Environmental research · 2021Article
- Hand Nicotine and Cotinine In Children Exposed to Cigars: A Pilot Study.Tobacco regulatory science · 2021Article
- Comment regarding categorization of Third-hand smoke exposure in "Third-hand Exposure at Homes: Assessment Using Salivary Cotinine".Environmental research · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThirdhand smoke (THS) pollutants, such as nicotine, accumulate on the hands of children who live in homes with smokers and are exposed to secondhand smoke. Our objective was to examine whether levels of hand nicotine in exposed children are associated with demographics, environmental factors, and clinical findings.
methodsParticipants were caregivers who smoke and children (mean age (SD) = 2.6 (3.7) years) who were part of an ongoing 2-group, randomized controlled trial of an emergency department-based tobacco cessation intervention (N = 104). The primary outcome measure was nicotine on the child's hand. Caregivers reported demographics and smoking patterns; children's medical records were abstracted for chief complaint, medical history, and diagnoses.
resultsAll children had detectable hand nicotine (geometric mean [GeoM] = 86.2 ng/wipe; range = 3.5-2, 190.4 ng/wipe). Children in the age group of 2 to 4 years old (GeoM = 185.6 ng/wipe) had higher levels than the children in the age groups of 0 to 1 (GeoM = 68.9 ng/wipe,
conclusionsThe high hand nicotine levels in children whose caregivers do not necessarily smoke indoor demonstrate that indoor smoking bans do not safeguard against THS exposure and the associations with increased home smoking activity indicate that hand wipes may be a noninvasive way to characterize children's exposure. The findings of associated cough and congestion with higher THS levels need to be examined further.
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