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Effect of oral snus and medicinal nicotine in smokers on toxicant exposure and withdrawal symptoms: a feasibility study.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21068204     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND: Smokeless, spitless tobacco products are being introduced and marketed as cigarette substitutes. Data are needed regarding how smokers interested in cessation would use these products, the levels of resultant toxicant exposure, and the feasibility of using these products as aids for tobacco cessation.
METHODS: Smokers were randomized to receive Camel Snus (n = 51), Taboka (n = 52), or medicinal nicotine (n = 27) and required to quit smoking for 4 weeks. Measures of toxicant exposure and symptoms of craving and withdrawal were assessed prior to and during product use.
RESULTS: Concentrations of exhaled carbon monoxide, urinary cotinine, urinary 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanol and its glucuronides (total NNAL), and urinary N'-nitrosonornicotine and its glucuronide (total NNN) were significantly (P values <0.05) lower at the end of treatment in each group except for total NNN in those receiving Camel Snus (P = 0.066). A significant group × time effect was observed for total NNAL concentrations (P = 0.002) with the decrease greatest in the medicinal nicotine group and smallest decrease in the Camel Snus group. No significant differences between groups were found in craving and withdrawal symptoms.
CONCLUSIONS: Enrolling smokers into a cessation study utilizing newer smokeless tobacco products is feasible. Camel Snus and Taboka use was not found to be superior to medicinal nicotine in reducing withdrawal symptoms but decreases in NNAL were smaller in users of Camel Snus.
IMPACT: This study demonstrates the feasibility of conducting a smoking cessation study utilizing these newer tobacco products. An appropriately powered study is needed to assess smoking cessation rates using these newer products compared with established, safer products such as medicinal nicotine.
Authors:
Michael Kotlyar; Louise A Hertsgaard; Bruce R Lindgren; Joni A Jensen; Steven G Carmella; Irina Stepanov; Sharon E Murphy; Stephen S Hecht; Dorothy K Hatsukami
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural     Date:  2010-11-10
Journal Detail:
Title:  Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology     Volume:  20     ISSN:  1538-7755     ISO Abbreviation:  Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev.     Publication Date:  2011 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-01-07     Completed Date:  2011-06-01     Revised Date:  2012-01-04    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9200608     Medline TA:  Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  91-100     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
©2011 AACR.
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota Tobacco Use Research Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
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Bank Name/Acc. No.:
ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT00469079
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Carbon Monoxide / metabolism
Cotinine / urine
Feasibility Studies
Humans
Middle Aged
Nicotine / administration & dosage*
Nitrosamines / metabolism
Pyridines / metabolism
Smoking / drug therapy*,  metabolism*,  urine
Smoking Cessation / methods*
Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / etiology,  metabolism
Tobacco, Smokeless*
Young Adult
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
K23DA017307/DA/NIDA NIH HHS; P50 DA01333/DA/NIDA NIH HHS; P50 DA013333-10/DA/NIDA NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butan-1-ol; 0/Nitrosamines; 0/Pyridines; 486-56-6/Cotinine; 54-11-5/Nicotine; 630-08-0/Carbon Monoxide; 64091-91-4/4-(N-methyl-N-nitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone
Comments/Corrections
Erratum In:
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2011 May;20(5):1048

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