Browsing by Subject "Tobacco Smoke Pollution"

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    Environmental tobacco exposure in infants
    (University of Minnesota Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center, 2006-05-19) University of Minnesota
    To assess the degree of carcinogen uptake in infants aged 3 to 12 months, researchers at the University of Minnesota Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center (UMN TTURC) measured levels of total 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanol (total NNAL) in the urine of infants exposed to ETS in their homes.
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    Environmental tobacco smoke and carcinogen exposure
    (University of Minnesota Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center, 2005-05-10) University of Minnesota
    To assess the degree of carcinogen exposure among those individuals working or socializing in smoking environments, scientists at the University of Minnesota conducted two studies, which measured the level of carcinogen uptake in nonsmoking casino patrons and in nonsmoking bar and restaurant employees both before and after exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). Both studies demonstrated that nonsmokers' exposure to ETS causes significant increases in uptake of tobaccospecific carcinogens and toxins.
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    Hope or hazard? What research tells us about "potentially reduced-exposure" tobacco products
    (University of Minnesota Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center, 2005-04) Hatsukami, Dorothy; Hecht, Stephen
    The goals of this report are to: describe the current state of science regarding potentially reduced-exposure tobacco products (PREPs), comment on whether the marketing claims about PREPs are supported by the current published scientific literature, and outline what we need to know about PREPs in order to assess the claims made about (or the actual harm reduction offered by) these products.