Environmental monitoring of secondhand smoke exposure
Journal Article
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· Tobacco Control
- Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States). Bloomberg School of Public Health. Inst. for Global Tobacco Control Dept. of Epidemiology; DOE/OSTI
- Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States). Bloomberg School of Public Health. Inst. for Global Tobacco Control Dept. of health, Behaviour and Society
- Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States). Bloomberg School of Public Health. Inst. for Global Tobacco Control Dept. of Epidemiology; American Academy of Pediatrics Julius B. Richmond Center of Excellence, Elk Grove Village, IL (United States)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Indoor Environment
- Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). School of Public Health
- San Diego State Univ., CA (United States). Center for Behavioural Epidemiology and Community Health
- Roswell Park Cancer Inst., Buffalo, NY (United States). Dept. of Health Behaviour
- Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States). Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dept. of Environmental Health Sciences
- Repace Associates, Inc, Bowie, MD (United States). Secondhand Smoke Consultants
- Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Dept. of Preventive Medicine
The complex composition of secondhand smoke (SHS) provides a range of constituents that can be measured in environmental samples (air, dust and on surfaces) and therefore used to assess non-smokers’ exposure to tobacco smoke. Monitoring SHS exposure (SHSe) in indoor environments provides useful information on the extent and consequences of SHSe, implementing and evaluating tobacco control programmes and behavioural interventions, and estimating overall burden of disease caused by SHSe. The most widely used markers have been vapour-phase nicotine and respirable particulate matter (PM). Numerous other environmental analytes of SHS have been measured in the air including carbon monoxide, 3-ethenylpyridine, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, tobacco-specific nitrosamines, nitrogen oxides, aldehydes and volatile organic compounds, as well as nicotine in dust and on surfaces. The measurement of nicotine in the air has the advantage of reflecting the presence of tobacco smoke. While PM measurements are not as specific, they can be taken continuously, allowing for assessment of exposure and its variation over time. In general, when nicotine and PM are measured in the same setting using a common sampling period, an increase in nicotine concentration of 1 mg/m3 corresponds to an average increase of 10 mg/m3 of PM. This topic assessment presents a comprehensive summary of SHSe monitoring approaches using environmental markers and discusses the strengths and weaknesses of these methods and approaches.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER). Biological Systems Science Division
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231
- OSTI ID:
- 1626190
- Journal Information:
- Tobacco Control, Journal Name: Tobacco Control Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 22; ISSN 0964-4563
- Publisher:
- BMJ Publishing GroupCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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