PMID- 30317105
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20190912
LR  - 20231213
IS  - 1096-0953 (Electronic)
IS  - 0013-9351 (Print)
IS  - 0013-9351 (Linking)
VI  - 168
DP  - 2019 Jan
TI  - Cotton pillows: A novel field method for assessment of thirdhand smoke pollution.
PG  - 206-210
LID - S0013-9351(18)30512-7 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.envres.2018.09.025 [doi]
AB  - Thirdhand smoke (THS) is the residue left behind by secondhand smoke (SHS) that 
      accumulates in indoor environments. THS chemicals can persist long after smoking 
      has ceased and can re-emit semivolatile compounds back into the air. Measuring 
      tobacco smoke pollution in real-world field setting can be technically complex, 
      expensive, and intrusive. This study placed pillows in homes of former smokers 
      and examined how much nicotine adsorbed to them over a three-week period. Organic 
      cotton pillows were placed in the homes of 8 former smokers following the first 
      week after verified smoking cessation until the fourth week. For comparison, 
      pillows were also placed in 4 homes of nonsmokers. Nicotine concentrations were 
      determined in the pillow case, fabric, and cotton filling, using isotope-dilution 
      liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry. Cotton pillows placed in homes of 
      former smokers absorbed on average 21.5 mug of nicotine. Nicotine concentration 
      per gram of material significantly differed between pillow components (p < 0.001) 
      and was highest for the pillow case (257 ng/g), followed by the pillow fabric 
      (97 ng/g), and the pillow filling (17 ng/g). Nicotine levels in pillows placed in 
      nonsmokers' homes did not differ from laboratory blanks (p > 0.40), or between 
      pillow components (p > 0.40). In the absence of any smoking activity, cotton 
      pillows absorbed significant amounts of nicotine emitted from THS reservoirs in 
      the homes of former smokers. Given the much higher concentrations of SHS in the 
      homes of active smokers, fabrics found throughout the home of a smoker are likely 
      to store a substantial mass of tobacco smoke toxicants. Cotton pillows present a 
      novel method that could be of interest to researchers requiring robust and 
      unobtrusive methods to examine tobacco smoke pollution in real-world field 
      settings.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
FAU - Matt, Georg E
AU  - Matt GE
AD  - San Diego State University Department of Psychology, San Diego, 92182-4611 CA, 
      USA. Electronic address: gmatt@sdsu.edu.
FAU - Hoh, Eunha
AU  - Hoh E
AD  - San Diego State University School of Public Health, San Diego, 92182-4162 CA, 
      USA.
FAU - Quintana, Penelope J E
AU  - Quintana PJE
AD  - San Diego State University School of Public Health, San Diego, 92182-4162 CA, 
      USA.
FAU - Zakarian, Joy M
AU  - Zakarian JM
AD  - San Diego State University Research Foundation, San Diego, 92182 CA, USA.
FAU - Arceo, Jayson
AU  - Arceo J
AD  - San Diego State University School of Public Health, San Diego, 92182-4162 CA, 
      USA.
LA  - eng
GR  - R01 ES027815/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20180922
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Environ Res
JT  - Environmental research
JID - 0147621
RN  - 0 (Tobacco Smoke Pollution)
RN  - 6M3C89ZY6R (Nicotine)
SB  - IM
MH  - *Air Pollution, Indoor
MH  - *Bedding and Linens
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/methods
MH  - Nicotine
MH  - Smoking
MH  - Smoking Cessation
MH  - Nicotiana
MH  - *Tobacco Smoke Pollution
PMC - PMC6800039
MID - NIHMS1050793
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Environmental tobacco smoke exposure
OT  - Nicotine
OT  - Passive smoking
OT  - Secondhand smoke
OT  - Thirdhand smoke
EDAT- 2018/10/15 06:00
MHDA- 2019/09/13 06:00
PMCR- 2019/10/18
CRDT- 2018/10/15 06:00
PHST- 2018/07/20 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2018/09/18 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2018/09/21 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2018/10/15 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/09/13 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2018/10/15 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2019/10/18 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - S0013-9351(18)30512-7 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.envres.2018.09.025 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Res. 2019 Jan;168:206-210. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2018.09.025. Epub 2018 
      Sep 22.