Effects of electronic cigarettes and hookah (waterpipe) use on home air quality.

Autor: Shearston JA; Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York, USA js5431@cumc.columbia.edu., Eazor J; Department of Pediatrics, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.; Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA., Lee L; State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, New York, New York, USA., Vilcassim MJR; Department of Environmental Health Sciences, The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, Birmingham, Alabama, USA., Reed TA; Department of Social Welfare, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA., Ort D; Nemours Children's Urgent Care, Orlando, Florida, USA., Weitzman M; Department of Pediatrics, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.; New York University College of Global Public Health, New York, New York, USA., Gordon T; Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.; New York University College of Global Public Health, New York, New York, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Tobacco control [Tob Control] 2023 Jan; Vol. 32 (1), pp. 36-41. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 May 21.
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-056437
Abstrakt: Introduction: A major site of secondhand smoke exposure for children and adults is the home. Few studies have evaluated the impact of e-cigarette or hookah use on home air quality, despite evidence finding toxic chemicals in secondhand e-cigarette aerosols and hookah smoke. We assessed the effect of e-cigarette and hookah use on home air quality and compared it with air quality in homes where cigarettes were smoked and where no smoking or e-cigarette use occurred.
Methods: Non-smoking homes and homes where e-cigarettes, hookah or cigarettes were used were recruited in the New York City area (n=57) from 2015 to 2019. Particulate matter with diameter less than 2.5 µm (PM 2.5 ), black carbon and carbon monoxide (CO) were measured during a smoking or vaping session, both in a 'primary' smoking room and in an adjacent 'secondary' room where no smoking or vaping occurred. Log transformed data were compared with postanalysis of variance Tukey simultaneous tests.
Results: Use of hookah significantly increased PM 2.5 levels compared with non-smoking homes, in both the primary and secondary rooms, while use of e-cigarettes increased PM 2.5 levels only in primary rooms. Additionally, in-home use of hookah resulted in greater CO concentrations than the use of cigarettes in primary rooms.
Conclusions: Use of e-cigarettes or hookah increases air pollution in homes. For hookah, increases in PM 2.5 penetrated even into rooms adjacent to where smoking occurs. Extending smoke-free rules inside homes to include e-cigarette and hookah products is needed to protect household members and visitors from passive exposure to harmful aerosols and gases.
Competing Interests: Competing interests: None declared.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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