Electronic cigarette chemicals transfer from a vape shop to a nearby business in a multiple-tenant retail building.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Electronic cigarettes (ECs) are nicotine delivery devices that produce aerosol without combustion of tobacco; therefore, they do not produce sidestream smoke. Nevertheless, many users exhale large clouds of aerosol that can result in passive exposure of non-users. Analogous to thirdhand cigarette smoke, the exhaled aerosol also settles on indoor surfaces where it can produce a residue. We refer to this residue as EC exhaled aerosol residue (ECEAR). Our objective was to determine if exhaled EC aerosol transferred from a vape shop in a multiple-tenant retail building, where it was produced, to a nearby business (field site) where it could deposit as ECEAR.

Methods

We examined the build-up of ECEAR in commonly used materials (cotton towel and paper towels) placed ins

SUBMITTER: Khachatoorian C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6458093 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature