Public health impact of a US ban on menthol in cigarettes and cigars: a simulation study

DT Levy, R Meza, Z Yuan, Y Li, C Cadham… - Tobacco …, 2023 - tobaccocontrol.bmj.com
Introduction The US Food and Drug Administration most recently announced its intention to
ban menthol cigarettes and cigars nationwide in April 2021. Implementation of the ban will …

Exposure to toxicants associated with use and transitions between cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and no tobacco

H Dai, NL Benowitz, C Achutan, PA Farazi… - JAMA Network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Transitions between e-cigarettes and cigarettes are common among tobacco
users, but empirical evidence on the health outcomes of switching tobacco products is …

Youth vaping and tobacco use in context in the United States: results from the 2018 National Youth Tobacco Survey

AM Glasser, AL Johnson, RS Niaura… - Nicotine and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Introduction According to the National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS), youth e-
cigarette use (vaping) rose between 2017 and 2018. Frequency of vaping and concurrent …

Tobacco-specific nitrosamines (NNAL, NNN, NAT, and NAB) exposures in the US Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study Wave 1 (2013–2014)

B Xia, BC Blount, T Guillot, C Brosius… - Nicotine and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Introduction The tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNAs) are an important group of
carcinogens found in tobacco and tobacco smoke. To describe and characterize the levels …

Nicotine and toxicant exposure among concurrent users (co-users) of tobacco and cannabis

DM Smith, RJ O'connor, B Wei… - Nicotine and …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Smoking cannabis may potentially increase exposure to numerous toxic
chemicals that are commonly associated with tobacco use. There is a paucity of data related …

[HTML][HTML] Diminished returns of educational attainment on heart disease among Black Americans

S Assari, S Cobb, M Saqib… - The open cardiovascular …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Socioeconomic Status (SES) indicators, such as educational attainment, are
social determinants of heart disease. Marginalization related Diminished Returns (MDRs) …

[HTML][HTML] Race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and chronic lung disease in the US

S Assari, H Chalian, M Bazargan - Research in health science, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Higher socioeconomic status (SES) indicators such as educational attainment
and income reduce the risk of chronic lung diseases (CLDs) such as Chronic Obstructive …

The Associations of Trans-3′-Hydroxy Cotinine, Cotinine, and the Nicotine Metabolite Ratio in Pediatric Patients with Tobacco Smoke Exposure

EM Mahabee-Gittens, GE Matt, RA Jandarov… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: Trans-3′-hydroxy cotinine (3HC) and cotinine (COT) are tobacco smoke
exposure (TSE) biomarkers and the 3HC/COT ratio is a marker of CYP2A6 activity, an …

Cigarette smokers versus cousers of cannabis and cigarettes: exposure to toxicants

E Meier, R Vandrey, N Rubin, LR Pacek… - Nicotine and …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Introduction Cannabis and tobacco couse is common and could expose users to higher
levels of toxicants. No studies have examined biomarkers of toxicant exposure in cousers of …

Urinary cotinine and cotinine+ trans-3′-hydroxycotinine (TNE-2) cut-points for distinguishing tobacco use from nonuse in the United States: PATH study (2013–2014)

KC Edwards, T Naz, CA Stanton, ML Goniewicz… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2021 - AACR
Background: Determine the overall, sex-, and racially/ethnically-appropriate population-level
cotinine and total nicotine equivalents (TNE-2, the molar sum of the two major nicotine …