• Environmental research · May 2019

    Comparative Study

    Comparison of TSNAs concentration in saliva according to type of tobacco smoked.

    • Àurea Cartanyà-Hueso, Cristina Lidón-Moyano, Marcela Fu, Raúl Perez-Ortuño, Montse Ballbè, Nuria Matilla-Santander, Juan Carlos Martín-Sánchez, José A Pascual, Esteve Fernández, and Jose M Martínez-Sánchez.
    • Group of Evaluation of Health Determinants and Health Policies, Department of Basic Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Carrer de Josep Trueta s/n, 08195 Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain.
    • Environ. Res. 2019 May 1; 172: 73-80.

    ObjectiveTo compare tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNAs) measured in saliva according to different types of tobacco smoked in a sample of smokers of the city of Barcelona (Spain).MethodsWe used data from a cross-sectional study of a sample of the adult smoking population of Barcelona, Spain in 2013-2014 (n = 165). We classified smokers in five groups according to the type of tobacco smoked: a) manufactured cigarettes only, b) roll-your-own (RYO) cigarettes only, c) dual smokers (both manufactured and RYO cigarettes), d) manufactured plus other types of tobacco products different from RYO and e) other types of tobacco products different from manufactured and RYO cigarettes. We calculated the geometric mean (GM) and geometric standard deviation (GSD) of TSNAs concentration in saliva (pg/mL), including N'-nitroaonornicotine (NNN), 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK) and 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanol (NNAL) according to the five tobacco groups. We also described all TSNAs concentration in each tobacco group stratified by the number of cigarettes smoked per day.ResultsSmokers from the RYO cigarette group had higher TSNAs concentration than smokers from the manufactured cigarette group: 13 pg/mL vs 4.9 pg/mL of NNN, 1.9 pg/mL vs 1.7 pg/mL in NNK and 1.1 pg/mL vs 0.9 pg/mL of NNAL. There were significant differences in NNN concentrations between smokers of RYO vs manufactured cigarettes. The higher the number of cigarettes smoked, the higher the TSNAs concentrations. After adjusted by number of cigarettes smoked, there were not statistically significant differences in TSNAs between RYO and manufactured cigarettes.ConclusionsOur data shows that RYO cigarette is at least as hazardous as manufactured cigarettes. Regulating RYO tobacco prices could be an effective strategy to control tobacco use.Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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