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    Thirdhand smoke and exposure in California hotels: non-smoking rooms fail to protect non-smoking hotel guests from tobacco smoke exposure -- Matt et al. -- T

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    Aninternationalpeerreviewedjournalforhealthprofessionalsandothersintobaccocontrol Home>OnlineFirst>Article

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    TobControl doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol2012050824

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    ThirdhandsmokeandexposureinCaliforniahotels:nonsmokingroomsfailtoprotect nonsmokinghotelguestsfromtobaccosmokeexposure

    GeorgEMatt1, PenelopeJEQuintana2, AddieLFortmann3, JoyMZakarian4, VanessaEGalaviz 5, DaleAChatfield6, EunhaHoh2, MelbourneFHovell 7, CarlWinston8


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    Correspondenceto DrGeorgEMatt,DepartmentofPsychology,SanDiegoStateUniversity,SanDiegoCA921824611,USAgmatt@mail.sdsu.edu. Received 8October2012 Revised 7March2013 Accepted 20March2013 PublishedOnlineFirst 13May2013

    Abstract
    IntroductionThisstudyexaminedtobaccosmokepollution(alsoknownasthirdhandsmoke,THS)inhotelswithandwithoutcompletesmokingbansand investigatedwhethernonsmokingguestsstayingovernightinthesehotelswereexposedtotobaccosmokepollutants. MethodsAstratifiedrandomsampleofhotelswith(n=10)andwithout(n=30)completesmokingbanswasexamined.Surfacesandairwereanalysedfortobacco smokepollutants(ie,nicotineand3ethynylpyridine,3EP).Nonsmokingconfederateswhostayedovernightinguestroomsprovidedurineandfingerwipe samplestodetermineexposuretonicotineandthetobaccospecificcarcinogen4(methylnitrosamino)1(3pyridyl)1butanoneasmeasuredbytheirmetabolites cotinineand4(methylnitrosamino)1(3pyridyl)1butanol(NNAL),respectively. FindingsComparedwithhotelswithcompletesmokingbans,surfacenicotineandair3EPwereelevatedinnonsmokingandsmokingroomsofhotelsthat allowedsmoking.Airnicotinelevelsinsmokingroomsweresignificantlyhigherthanthoseinnonsmokingroomsofhotelswithandwithoutcompletesmoking bans.Hallwaysurfacesoutsideofsmokingroomsalsoshowedhigherlevelsofnicotinethanthoseoutsideofnonsmokingrooms.Nonsmokingconfederates stayinginhotelswithoutcompletesmokingbansshowedhigherlevelsoffingernicotineandurinecotininethanthosestayinginhotelswithcompletesmoking bans.ConfederatesshowedsignificantelevationsinurinaryNNALafterstayinginthe10mostpollutedrooms. ConclusionsPartialsmokingbansinhotelsdonotprotectnonsmokingguestsfromexposuretotobaccosmokeandtobaccospecificcarcinogens.Non smokersareadvisedtostayinhotelswithcompletesmokingbans.Existingpoliciesexemptinghotelsfromcompletesmokingbansareineffective.

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    Importantdifferencesnotsignificantandrisknegligible JonathanHBagley TobControlpublishedonlineMay17,2013 [Fulltext]

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