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Nicotine Contamination in Particulate Matter Sampling

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  • Yueh-Hsiu Chiu

    (Exposure, Epidemiology and Risk Program, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02215, USA)

  • Jaime E. Hart

    (Exposure, Epidemiology and Risk Program, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA)

  • Thomas J. Smith

    (Exposure, Epidemiology and Risk Program, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02215, USA)

  • S. Katharine Hammond

    (School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA)

  • Eric Garshick

    (Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Section, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02130, USA)

  • Francine Laden

    (Exposure, Epidemiology and Risk Program, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA)

Abstract

We have addressed potential contamination of PM 2.5 filter samples by nicotine from cigarette smoke. We collected two nicotine samples – one nicotine sampling filter was placed in-line after the collection of PM 2.5 and the other stood alone. The overall correlation between the two nicotine filter levels was 0.99. The nicotine collected on the “stand-alone” filter was slightly greater than that on the “in-line” filter (mean difference = 1.10 μg/m 3 ), but the difference was statistically significant only when PM 2.5 was low (≤ 50 μg/m 3 ). It is therefore important to account for personal and secondhand smoke exposure while assessing occupational and environmental PM.

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  • Yueh-Hsiu Chiu & Jaime E. Hart & Thomas J. Smith & S. Katharine Hammond & Eric Garshick & Francine Laden, 2009. "Nicotine Contamination in Particulate Matter Sampling," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 6(2), pages 1-7, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:6:y:2009:i:2:p:601-607:d:3951
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