Higher nicotine, carcinogen levels among smokeless tobacco users compared with cig users

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-11/aafc-hnc111615.php

Public Release: 18-Nov-2015
Higher nicotine, carcinogen levels among smokeless tobacco users compared with cig users
American Association for Cancer Research

Bottom Line: U.S. adults who used only smokeless tobacco products had higher levels of biomarkers of exposure to nicotine and a cancer-causing toxicant -- the tobacco-specific nitrosamine NNK -- compared with those who used only cigarettes.

Journal in Which the Study was Published: Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research

Author: Brian Rostron, PhD, an epidemiologist in the Center for Tobacco Products at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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