Hair nicotine levels in non-smoking pregnant women whose spouses smoke outside of the home

Yoo, Sang‐Ho; Paek, Yu‐Jin; Kim, Seong-Soo; Lee, Do‐Hoon; Seo, Dong-Ki; Seong, Moon-Woo; Chang, Hye-Mi; Choi, Seok-Tae; Im, Hyoung June

doi:10.1136/tc.2009.033134

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“…2). Thus, a strategy based on the separation of preschool children and pregnant women from the smoking activity of spouses might be inadequate to protect preschool children from ETS at home63), and public policies to reduce ETS exposure should be revised.…”

Section: Ets and Health Policymentioning

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Environmental tobacco smoke and children's health

Hwang

Moon

et al. 2012

Korean J Pediatr

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Passive exposure to tobacco smoke significantly contributes to morbidity and mortality in children. Children, in particular, seem to be the most susceptible population to the harmful effects of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). Paternal smoking inside the home leads to significant maternal and fetal exposure to ETS and may subsequently affect fetal health. ETS has been associated with adverse effects on pediatric health, including preterm birth, intrauterine growth retardation, perinatal mortality, respiratory illness, neurobehavioral problems, and decreased performance in school. A valid estimation of the risks associated with tobacco exposure depends on accurate measurement. Nicotine and its major metabolite, cotinine, are commonly used as smoking biomarkers, and their levels can be determined in various biological specimens such as blood, saliva, and urine. Recently, hair analysis was found to be a convenient, noninvasive technique for detecting the presence of nicotine exposure. Because nicotine/cotinine accumulates in hair during hair growth, it is a unique measure of long-term, cumulative exposure to tobacco smoke. Although smoking ban policies result in considerable reductions in ETS exposure, children are still exposed significantly to tobacco smoke not only in their homes but also in schools, restaurants, child-care settings, cars, buses, and other public places. Therefore, more effective strategies and public policies to protect preschool children from ETS should be consolidated.

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Section: Ets and Health Policymentioning

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Environmental tobacco smoke and children's health

Hwang

Moon

et al. 2012

Korean J Pediatr

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“…Geometric means of hair nicotine of pregnant women are the lowest (0.33 ng/mg) when the spouse is not smoking (A), intermediate (0.51 ng/mg) when the spouse is a smoker not smoking in the home (B) and 0.58 ng/mg when the spouse is smoking in the home (C). Differences between A and B and A and C are significant, but not between B and C. Not smoking only in the home is thus inadequate to protect completely pregnant women from SHS [76]. …”

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Recent Contributions of Air- and Biomarkers to the Control of Secondhand Smoke (SHS): A Review

Prignot

2011

IJERPH

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Since the publication of the US Surgeon General Reports in 1996 and 2006 and the report of the California Environmental Protection Agency in 1999, many reports have appeared on the contribution of air and biomarkers to different facets of the secondhand smoke (SHS) issue, which are the targets of this review. These recent studies have allowed earlier epidemiological surveys to be biologically validated, and their plausibility demonstrated, quantified the levels of exposure to SHS before the bans in various environments, showed the deficiencies of mechanical control methods and of partial bans and the frequently correct implementation of the efficient total bans. More stringent regulation remains necessary in the public domain (workplaces, hospitality venues, transport sector, etc.) in many countries. Personal voluntary protection efforts against SHS are also needed in the private domain (homes, private cars). The effects of SHS on the cardiovascular, respiratory and neuropsychic systems, on pregnancy and fertility, on cancers and on SHS genotoxicity are confirmed through experimental human studies and through the relationship between markers and prevalence of disease or of markers of disease risk.

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“…Few studies evaluate the relationship between a maternal home smoking ban and perinatal outcomes. Yoo et al (2010) [27]concluded that spouses’ who smoked outside the home did not reduce overall exposure to pregnant women compared to nonsmoking spouses.…”

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Prenatal Hair Nicotine Analysis in Homes with Multiple Smokers

Ashford¹,

Westneat²

2012

Nursing Clinics of North America

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Synopsis Prenatal exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) is responsible for adverse perinatal outcomes, including preterm birth. Smoking in the home is the primary source of exposure to women during pregnancy. Hair nicotine analysis of mothers and infants was used to describe the relationship between prenatal SHS exposure and number of household smokers. Maternal hair nicotine was strongly correlated with number of household smokers, and a more sensitive measure of household smoking than infant hair. Home smoking bans and focused public media campaigns on the harmful effects of SHS exposure are necessary prevention strategies to avoid adverse perinatal outcomes.

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Hair nicotine levels in non-smoking pregnant women whose spouses smoke outside of the home

Cited by 18 publications

References 27 publications

Environmental tobacco smoke and children's health

Environmental tobacco smoke and children's health

Recent Contributions of Air- and Biomarkers to the Control of Secondhand Smoke (SHS): A Review

Prenatal Hair Nicotine Analysis in Homes with Multiple Smokers

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