Exposure to secondhand and thirdhand smoke in private vehicles: Measurements in air and dust samples

Background: This study aimed to estimate airborne nicotine concentrations and nicotine, cotinine, and tobaccospecific nitrosamines (TSNAs) in settled dust from private cars in Spain and the UK. Methods: We measured vapor-phase nicotine concentrations in a convenience sample of 45 private cars from S...

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Autores: Continente, Xavier, Henderson, Elisabet, López González, Laura, Fernández Muñoz, Esteve, Semple, Sean, O'Donnell, Rachel, Navas Acién, Ana, Cortés Francisco, Núria, Ramírez, Noelia, Dobson, Ruaraidh, López, Maria José, Castellano, Yolanda, Fu Balboa, Marcela, Ballbè i Gibernau, Montse, Amalia, Beladenta, Tigova, Olena, Arechavala, Teresa, Gallus, Silvano, Lugo, Alessandra, Liu, Xiaoqiu, Borroni, Elisa, Stival, Chiara, Colombo, Paolo, Clancy, Luke, Keogan, Sheila, Byrne, Hannah, Behrakis, Panagiotis, Tzortzi, Anna, Vardavas, Constantine, Vyzikidou, Vergina Konstantina, Bakelas, Gerasimos, Mattiampa, George, Boffi, Roberto, Ruprecht, Ario, De Marco, Cinzia, Borgini, Alessandro, Veronese, Chiara, Bertoldi, Martina, Tittarelli, Andrea, Gorini, Giuseppe, Carreras, Giulia, Cortini, Barbara, Verdi, Simona, Lachi, Alessio, Chellini, Elisabetta, López Nicolás, Ángel, Trapero Bertran, Marta, Celdrán Guerrero, Daniel, Radu Loghin, Cornel, Nguyen, Dominick, Starchenko, Polina, Soriano, Joan B., Ancochea, Julio, Alonso, Tamara, Pastor, Maria Teresa, Erro, Marta, Roca, Ana, Pérez, Patricia, Castillo, Elena García
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/208388
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/208388
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Nicotina
Nitrosamines
Nicotine
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Sumario:Background: This study aimed to estimate airborne nicotine concentrations and nicotine, cotinine, and tobaccospecific nitrosamines (TSNAs) in settled dust from private cars in Spain and the UK. Methods: We measured vapor-phase nicotine concentrations in a convenience sample of 45 private cars from Spain (N = 30) and the UK (N = 15) in 2017-2018. We recruited non-smoking drivers (n = 20), smoking drivers who do not smoke inside the car (n = 15), and smoking drivers who smoke inside (n = 10). Nicotine, cotinine, and three TSNAs (NNK, NNN, NNA) were also measured in settled dust in a random subsample (n = 20). We computed medians and interquartile ranges (IQR) of secondhand smoke (SHS) and thirdhand smoke (THS) compounds according to the drivers' profile. Results: 24-h samples yielded median airborne nicotine concentrations below the limit of quantification (LOQ) (IQR: