Mainstream tobacco smoke is a complex and dynamic aerosol, consisting of particulate and vapour phases. Most approaches to determine mainstream smoke toxicant yields are based on offline techniques that limit the opportunity to observe in real time the ...
Jenni Hawke +2 more
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Background Contrary to intuition, use of lower strength nicotine e-liquids might not offer reduced health risk if compensatory puffing behaviour occurs. Compensatory puffing (e.g.
Sharon Cox +6 more
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Toxicity Mechanisms of Cigarette Smoke on Mouse Fetus Mitochondria.
Maternal smoking has been recognized as a common cause of low birth weight, preterm birth and the decrease of gestational age period. Unfortunately, there is an increasing interest within public especially woman in Iran in the tobacco products consumption.
Naserzadeh, Parvaneh +3 more
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Nrf2 deficiency influences susceptibility to steroid resistance via HDAC2 reduction [PDF]
Abnormal lung inflammation and oxidant burden are associated with a significant reduction in histone deacetylase 2 (HDAC2) abundance and steroid resistance.
Adenuga +33 more
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Toxic Chemicals in Cigarette Mainstream Smoke - Hazard and Hoopla [PDF]
Abstract These are curious times. The Canadian government has passed legislation that requires cigarette manufacturers to routinely test and publish the amounts of 44 toxic substances in cigarette mainstream smoke (MSS). Following in the footsteps of their northern neighbor, various US legislators and regulators are considering ...
A Rodgman, CR Green
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A single-blinded, single-centre, controlled study in healthy adult smokers to identify the effects of a reduced toxicant prototype cigarette on biomarkers of exposure and of biological effect versus commercial cigarettes [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Despite universal acceptance that smoking is harmful, a substantial number of adults continue to smoke. The development of potential reduced exposure products (more recently termed modified risk tobacco products) has been suggested as a way ...
Alison Eldridge +4 more
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Comparing the cancer potencies of emissions from vapourised nicotine products including e-cigarettes with those of tobacco smoke [PDF]
© Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2017. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted.Background Quantifying relative harm caused by inhaling the aerosol
Stephens, William E.
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Make Your Own Cigarettes: Toxicant Exposure, Smoking Topography, and Subjective Effects [PDF]
AbstractBackground: Despite considerable use of make your own (MYO) cigarettes worldwide and increasing use in the United States, relatively little is known about how these cigarettes are smoked and the resultant toxicant exposure.Methods: In a laboratory study, we compared two types of MYO cigarettes—roll your own (RYO) and personal machine made (PMM)—
Bartosz, Koszowski +4 more
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The urinary metabolites cyanoethyl mercapturic acid (CEMA) and 3-hydroxypropyl mercapturic acid (3-HPMA) have been widely used as biomarkers of exposure to acrylonitrile and acrolein, respectively, but there are no published data on their consistency ...
Menglan Chen +18 more
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Contribution of thirdhand smoke to overall tobacco smoke exposure in pediatric patients: study protocol. [PDF]
BackgroundThirdhand smoke (THS) is the persistent residue resulting from secondhand smoke (SHS) that accumulates in dust, objects, and on surfaces in homes where tobacco has been used, and is reemitted into air.
Geraci, Maegan A +12 more
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