E-Cigarette Nicotine Deposition and Persistence on Glass and Cotton Surfaces

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• Personal Author:
  Arnold S ; Floyd EL ; Johnson, Douglas L. ; Marcham CL ; Wood BL
• Description:
  Nicotine from electronic cigarette aerosol will deposit on surfaces immediately after vaping, but how long deposited nicotine will persist on various surfaces is unknown. This work exposed glass and terrycloth (cotton) materials to electronic cigarette aerosols for 1 hr, assessed the initial nicotine sorption, and characterized surface persistence over a 72-hr period. Exponential decay of surface concentration was observed for both materials. Terrycloth had higher initial nicotine deposition and retained nicotine substantially longer than glass. Residual nicotine concentrations persisted on both surface types for 72 hr. Statistical modeling predicted surface concentrations to reach background levels after 4 and 16 days for glass and terrycloth, respectively. Nicotine persistence was long enough to pose a potential thirdhand nicotine exposure risk, and reactions to produce tobacco-specific nitrosamines may be possible from nicotine deposition from electronic cigarette aerosols, but further study is needed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aerosols Electrical Equipment And Supplies Environmental Pollution Nicotine Occupational Health Safety Smoke Tobacco Products
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Chamber Tests Cigarette Smoke Deposition Study Electronic Devices Environmental Contamination Exposure Assessment Indoor Air Quality Sorption Thirdhand Nicotine Exposure Tobacco Smoke
• ISSN:
  1545-9624
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; Minnesota ; Oklahoma ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  349-354
• Volume:
  16
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20064070
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Hyg 2019 May; 16(5):349-354
• Contact Point Address:
  Cheryl L. Marcham, 600 South Clyde Morris Blvd., Daytona Beach, FL 32114-3900
• Email:
  March617@erau.edu
• CAS Registry Number:
  (-)-Nicotine (CAS RN 54-11-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• Performing Organization:
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3e190bd634c06bfa7c49d34bc2754878177519c1a5c0cc039e8100f9f7329819deb66e231fe86f88016870fbdaa01b2c0f28be06d7a288007280cf23e64d5bbe
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/222596/cdc_222596_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.06 MB ]