Urinary cotinine in narguila or chicha tobacco smokers
LMJ-Lebanese Medical Journal. 1997; 45 (1): 19-20
in English
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| ID: emr-122128
ABSTRACT
Urinary levels of nicotine metabolites were measured in nonsmokers and of tobacco either as cigarettes or as the middle eastern water pipes [narguila]. Levels of urinary cotinine were similar for the smokers of cigarettes [median 30 cigarettes per day] and narguila [median 2 pipes per day, or around 40 grams of tobacco]. Use of water pipes may remove a small amount of nicotine, but smokers appear to titrate dose to effect. It is unlikely that narguila smoking confers any less risk
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Index:
IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Nicotiana
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Tobacco Use Disorder
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Smoking
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Nicotine
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Lebanese Med. J.
Year:
1997
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