title: Relationship between machine-derived smoke yields and biomarkers in cigarette smokers in Germany.
abstract: In order to determine whether smokers of cigarettes in the contemporary yield ranges of the German market (0.1-1.0mg nicotine, 1-10mg tar) differ in their actual exposure to various smoke constituents, we performed a field study with 274 smokers and 100 non-smokers. The following biomarkers were determined: In 24-h urine: Nicotine equivalents (molar sum of nicotine, cotinine, trans-3'-hydroxycotinine and their respective glucuronides), 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanol (NNAL, metabolite of the tobacco-specific nitrosamine 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone, NNK), 3-hydroxypropylmercapturic acid (metabolite of acrolein), trans,trans-muconic acid, S-phenylmercapturic acid (metabolites of benzene), 1-hydroxypyrene (metabolite of pyrene); in saliva: Cotinine and trans-3'-hydroxycotinine; in exhaled air: Carbon monoxide; in blood: Methyl-, hydroxyethyl-, cyanoethyl- (biomarker of acrylonitrile) and carbamoylethylvaline (biomarker of acrylamide) hemoglobin adducts. All biomarkers were found to be significantly higher in smokers compared to non-smokers and showed strong correlations with the daily cigarette consumption. Biomarker levels and per cigarette increases in smokers were at most weakly related to the machine-derived smoke yields. It is concluded that machine-derived yields of cigarettes from the contemporary German cigarette market have little or no impact on the actual smoking-related exposure determined by suitable biomarkers.
authors.affiliation: ABF Analytisch biologisches Forschungslabor GmbH, Goethestr. 20, 80336 Muenchen, Germany. gerhard.scherer@abf-lab.com <gerhard.scherer@abf-lab.com>
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Scherer
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Engl
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Urban
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gilch
authors.forename: Dinamis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Janket
authors.forename: Kirsten
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Riedel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001331:Automation; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis / Q000652:urine*; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009538:Nicotine / Q000032:analysis*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012463:Saliva / Q000737:chemistry; D012906:Smoke; D012907:Smoking / Q000378:metabolism*; D013638:Tars / Q000032:analysis*; D016482:Urinalysis; D014026:Nicotiana
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D012906:Smoke; D013638:Tars; D009538:Nicotine