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Biomarkers of Tobacco Use: Relevance to Tobacco Harm Reduction

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Cigarette smoking is associated with a large number of adverse health outcomes and continues to be a major contributor to death and disease. Although the best option for cigarette smokers concerned about their health is cessation, tobacco harm reduction is the public health concept that cigarette smokers who are unwilling or unable to quit smoking can switch to alternative non-combustible nicotine-containing products in order to reduce or minimize adverse health effects. Long-term epidemiological studies of alternative non-combustible nicotine-containing products are ideal for the evaluation of product use and clinical disease outcomes. However, in many cases such studies are not available. Biomarkers of exposure and potential harm, relevant to both combustible cigarette exposure and smoking-related diseases, are useful in the assessment of potential changes in health effects resulting from switching to alternative non-combustible nicotine-containing products.

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Abbreviations

2,3-d-TXB2:

2,3-dinor thromboxane B2

(±)-5-iPF2α-VI:

(±)-5-iso-prostaglandin F2α

8-OHdG:

8-hydroxy-2′-deoxyguanosine

8-epi-PGF2α:

8-iso-prostaglandin F2α

11-DH-TXB2:

11-dehydro-thromboxane B2

BoE:

Biomarkers of exposure

BoPH:

Biomarkers of potential harm

CDC:

Centers for Disease Control

ENDS:

Electronic nicotine delivery systems

FDA:

Food and Drug Administration

ICAM-1:

Intercellular adhesion molecule-1

IL-8:

Interleukin 8

IL-12:

Interleukin 12

IOM:

Institute of Medicine

LTE4:

Leukotriene E4

NASEM:

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

PHE:

Public Health England

PRR:

Potentially reduced risk

PRE:

Potentially reduced exposure

SAMHSA:

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

THP:

Tobacco heating products

THR:

Tobacco harm reduction

US:

United States

WBC:

White blood cells

WHO:

World Health Organization

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Round, E.K., Marano, K. (2022). Biomarkers of Tobacco Use: Relevance to Tobacco Harm Reduction. In: Patel, V.B., Preedy, V.R., Rajendram, R. (eds) Biomarkers in Toxicology. Biomarkers in Disease: Methods, Discoveries and Applications. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87225-0_51-1

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