Urinary metabolites of furan in waterpipe tobacco smokers compared to non-smokers in home settings in the US.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Determine uptake of furan, a potential human carcinogen, in waterpipe tobacco (WPT) smokers in home settings.

Methods

We analysed data from a US convenience sample of 50 exclusive WPT smokers, mean age 25.3 years, and 25 non-smokers, mean age 25.5 years. For WPT smokers, data were collected at a home visit by research assistants during which participants smoked one WPT head of one brand for a mean of 33.1 min in their homes. Research assistants provided and prepared a WP for participants by weighing and loading 10 g of WPT in the WP head. At the completion of the smoking session, research assistants measured the remaining WPT. Cotinine and six furan metabolites were quantified in first morning urine samples provided on 2 consecutive days for non-smokers, and on th

SUBMITTER: Kassem NOF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10883161 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature