Carboxyhaemoglobin levels, health and lifestyle perceptions in smokers converting from tobacco cigarettes to electronic cigarettes

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 865-868

  van Staden, S R ^a   Groenewald, M ^a   Engelbrecht, R ^a   Becker, P J ^b   Hazelhurst, L T ^c  

^a 1 Military Hospital   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Arterial and venous carboxyhaemoglobin; Cotinine levels; Electronic cigarette; Health and lifestyle parameters; Tobacco cigarettes; Twisp

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; CIGARETTE SMOKE; COTININE; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE AND RELATED PHENOMENA; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING;

EID: 84886025026     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.6887     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. World Health Organization. WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2008-The MPOWER Package. Geneva: WHO, 2008. http://www.who.int/tobacco/mpower/2008/en/ (accessed 17 September 2013).
2. US Department of Health and Human Services. How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease: The Biology and Behavioral Basis for Smoking-Attributable Disease: A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta: US Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2010. http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/reports/tobaccosmoke/report-index.html (accessed 17 September 2013).
3. Quit Smoking Support. Have you ever wondered what's in a cigarette? http://www.quitsmokingsupport.com/whatsinit.htm (accessed 17 September 2013).
4. The European Commission Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR). Tobacco Additives http://ec.europa.eu/health/scientific_committees/opinions_layman/tobacco/en/l-3/5.htm (accessed 17 September 2013).
5. McCaffrey M, Goodman P, Clancy L. A Broad Overview of Monitoring for ETS Exposure. In: ERS Buyers' Guide, Respiratory Care Products 2010/2011. Lausanne: European Respiratory Society, 2010:97.
6. Lab tests online. Nicotine/Cotinine. What does the test result mean? http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/nicotine/tab/test (accessed 29 September 2013)
7. Katzung B G. Introduction to Toxicology: Occupational and Environmental. In: Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. 7th ed. Stanford: Appleton & Lange, 1998(57):948.
8. McCaffrey M, Goodman P, Clancy L. A Broad Overview of Monitoring for ETS Exposure. In: ERS Buyers' Guide, Respiratory Care Products 2010/2011. Lausanne: European Respiratory Society, 2010:100
9. New York State Smoker's Quitline. Cigarette smoking, carbon monoxide and your health. http://www.nysmokefree.com/download%5CCarbon%20monoxide%20info%20sheet.pdf (accessed 17 September 2013).
10. Touger M, Gallagher EJ, Tyrell J. Relationship between venous and arterial carboxyhemoglobin levels in patients with suspected carbon monoxide poisoning. Ann Emerg Med 1995;25(4):481-483.
11. Laugesen M. Safety Report on the Ruyan e-cigarette Cartridge and Inhaled Aerosol. Christchurch: Health New Zealand Ltd, 2008:4-20. http://www.healthnz.co.nz/RuyanCartridgeReport30-Oct-08.pdf (accessed 17 September 2013).
12. Beers MH, Berkow R. Smoking cessation. In: The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy. 17th ed. Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck Research Laboratories, 1999;290:2487.
13. Martin T. Why am I coughing after quitting smoking. http://www.quitsmoking.about.com/od/cravingsandurges/f/smoking-cessation-cough.htm (accessed 29 September 2013)
14. Eissenberg T. Electronic nicotine delivery devices: ineffective nicotine delivery and craving suppression after acute administration. Tobacco Control 2010;19(1):87-88. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tc.2009.033498]