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Title: A pilot study of the behavior of gas- and particle-phase ETS tracers in residences

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OSTI ID:792977

Our previous study of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) in a three-room environmental chamber showed that smoking history significantly influenced inter-room ETS transport, particularly of gas-phase nicotine. We conducted a three-home pilot study where smoking was limited to one room. Single-smoker residences were monitored during five one-week periods while the smoker participated in a smoking cessation program. Nicotine traced ETS particles were detected reliably in the smoking rooms (SRs) and unreliably in the non-smoking rooms (NSRs). On average, the ventilation- and volume-normalized smoking rate, 0.1 Cigarette-h{sup -1} m{sup -3}, added about 17 and 4 {micro}g m{sup -3} of ETS particles into the SR and NSR, while average nicotine concentration increases were 2 and 0.06 {micro}g m{sup -3}, respectively. Thus, nicotine tracers may underestimate ETS particle exposure in a NSR (e.g., a child's bedroom) by a factor of 2 to 8. In other words, ETS exposure predicted from nicotine concentrations could be almost an order of magnitude lower than actual exposure.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
California Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
OSTI ID:
792977
Report Number(s):
LBNL-49585; R&D Project: 80FJ62; TRN: US200206%%163
Resource Relation:
Conference: Indoor Air 2002: The 9th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, Monterey, CA (US), 06/30/2002--07/05/2002; Other Information: PBD: 1 Feb 2002
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English