“…Methods for the analysis of TAM and its metabolites have been reported (Antunes et al, , ; Aranda, Esteve‐Romero, Rambla‐Alegre, Peris‐Vicente, & Bose, ; Arellano, Allal, Goubaa, Roché, & Chatelut, ; Binkhorst et al, ; Claude, Morin, Bayoudh, & de Ceaurriz, ; Dahmane et al, ; Flores, Nevado, Salcedo, & Díaz, ; Gjerde et al, ; Peris‐Vicente, Ochoa‐Aranda, Bose, & Esteve‐Romero, ; Singh, Wahajuddin, Kohli, & Jain, ; Teunissen et al, , ; Zhu, Zhang, Zou, Yu, & Xiao, ). 4‐(Methytnitrosamino)‐1‐(3‐pyridyl)‐1‐butanone (NNAL), a main metabolite of NNK, is usually viewed as a specific biomarker for cigarette smoke exposure (Hou et al, ; Lee, Wang, Lin, & Hsieh, ; Shah, Halquist, & Karnes, ).…”