PMID- 21037269
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110602
LR  - 20240324
IS  - 1468-3318 (Electronic)
IS  - 0964-4563 (Print)
IS  - 0964-4563 (Linking)
VI  - 20
IP  - 1
DP  - 2011 Jan
TI  - When smokers move out and non-smokers move in: residential thirdhand smoke 
      pollution and exposure.
PG  - e1
LID - 10.1136/tc.2010.037382 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: This study examined whether thirdhand smoke (THS) persists in 
      smokers' homes after they move out and non-smokers move in, and whether new 
      non-smoking residents are exposed to THS in these homes. METHODS: The homes of 
      100 smokers and 50 non-smokers were visited before the residents moved out. Dust, 
      surfaces, air and participants' fingers were measured for nicotine and children's 
      urine samples were analysed for cotinine. The new residents who moved into these 
      homes were recruited if they were non-smokers. Dust, surfaces, air and new 
      residents' fingers were examined for nicotine in 25 former smoker and 16 former 
      non-smoker homes. A urine sample was collected from the youngest resident. 
      RESULTS: Smoker homes' dust, surface and air nicotine levels decreased after the 
      change of occupancy (p<0.001); however dust and surfaces showed higher 
      contamination levels in former smoker homes than former non-smoker homes 
      (p<0.05). Non-smoking participants' finger nicotine was higher in former smoker 
      homes compared to former non-smoker homes (p<0.05). Finger nicotine levels among 
      non-smokers living in former smoker homes were significantly correlated with dust 
      and surface nicotine and urine cotinine. CONCLUSIONS: These findings indicate 
      that THS accumulates in smokers' homes and persists when smokers move out even 
      after homes remain vacant for 2 months and are cleaned and prepared for new 
      residents. When non-smokers move into homes formerly occupied by smokers, they 
      encounter indoor environments with THS polluted surfaces and dust. Results 
      suggest that non-smokers living in former smoker homes are exposed to THS in dust 
      and on surfaces.
FAU - Matt, Georg E
AU  - Matt GE
AD  - Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 
      92182-4611, USA. gmatt@sciences.sdsu.edu
FAU - Quintana, Penelope J E
AU  - Quintana PJ
FAU - Zakarian, Joy M
AU  - Zakarian JM
FAU - Fortmann, Addie L
AU  - Fortmann AL
FAU - Chatfield, Dale A
AU  - Chatfield DA
FAU - Hoh, Eunha
AU  - Hoh E
FAU - Uribe, Anna M
AU  - Uribe AM
FAU - Hovell, Melbourne F
AU  - Hovell MF
LA  - eng
GR  - U54 CA132379/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States
GR  - U54 CA132384/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States
GR  - 1U54CA132379/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States
GR  - 1U54CA132384/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20101030
PL  - England
TA  - Tob Control
JT  - Tobacco control
JID - 9209612
RN  - 0 (Dust)
RN  - 0 (Tobacco Smoke Pollution)
RN  - 6M3C89ZY6R (Nicotine)
RN  - K5161X06LL (Cotinine)
SB  - IM
CIN - Tob Control. 2011 Jan;20(1):1-3. PMID: 21172855
MH  - Adult
MH  - Air/analysis
MH  - Air Pollution, Indoor/*analysis
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Cotinine/urine
MH  - Dust/*analysis
MH  - Environmental Exposure/*analysis
MH  - Female
MH  - Fingers
MH  - *Housing
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Nicotine/*analysis
MH  - Skin/chemistry
MH  - Smoking
MH  - Tobacco Smoke Pollution/*analysis
PMC - PMC3666918
MID - NIHMS462092
COIS- COMPETING INTERESTS All authors declare that they have no competing interests.
EDAT- 2010/11/03 06:00
MHDA- 2011/06/03 06:00
PMCR- 2013/05/29
CRDT- 2010/11/02 06:00
PHST- 2010/11/02 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/11/03 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/06/03 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2013/05/29 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - tc.2010.037382 [pii]
AID - 10.1136/tc.2010.037382 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Tob Control. 2011 Jan;20(1):e1. doi: 10.1136/tc.2010.037382. Epub 2010 Oct 30.