Cotinine levels in Southeast Asian smokers

Understanding the contribution of race to factors associated with cigarette smoking and nicotine metabolism is essential for the characterization of patterns of tobacco use, nicotine dependence and incidence of tobaccorelated diseases. This paper reports an investigation of cotinine levels among Sou...

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Published in:Nicotine & tobacco research 2000-02, Vol.2 (1), p.85-91
Main Authors: Wewers, Mary Ellen, Ahijevych, Karen L., Dhatt, Ravinder K., Guthrie, Robert M., Kuun, Patty, Mitchell, Lynn, Moeschberger, Melvin L., Chen, Moon S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Analysis of Variance
Asia, Southeast
Asia, Southeastern - ethnology
Asian Continental Ancestry Group
Biological and medical sciences
Biomarkers
Continental Population Groups
cotinine
Cotinine - metabolism
Cotinine - pharmacokinetics
Ethnic Groups - statistics & numerical data
Female
Half-Life
Humans
Linear Models
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Ohio - epidemiology
Saliva - metabolism
Sex Factors
Smoking - ethnology
Smoking - metabolism
Smoking Cessation - ethnology
Tobacco, tobacco smoking
Toxicology
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Summary:Understanding the contribution of race to factors associated with cigarette smoking and nicotine metabolism is essential for the characterization of patterns of tobacco use, nicotine dependence and incidence of tobaccorelated diseases. This paper reports an investigation of cotinine levels among Southeast Asian smokers in two separate studies. Study 1 included 327 male and female smokers who participated in community-based interviews where smoking history information was obtained and a saliva cotinine sample was collected. Results indicated that subjects smoked an average of 11.2 cigarettes/day, with men reporting significantly higher consumption rates as compared to women (p
ISSN:1462-2203
1469-994X
DOI:10.1080/14622200050011349