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. 1977 Jun;67(6):545-9.
doi: 10.2105/ajph.67.6.545.

Expired air carbon monoxide and serum thiocyanate as objective measures of cigarette exposure

T M Vogt, S Selvin, G Widdowson, S B Hulley

Expired air carbon monoxide and serum thiocyanate as objective measures of cigarette exposure

T M Vogt et al. Am J Public Health. 1977 Jun.

Abstract

Expired air carbon monoxide (CO) and serum thiocyanate (SCN) were used to asses exposure to cigarettes in 139 middle-aged men. Subjects who reported smoking cigarettes generally had CO levels exceeding 8ppm and SCN levels exceeding 100umol/L; non-smokers had lower levels. For both tests the mean concentration among men smoking more than one pack daily was three times that of non-smokers. The is a high correlation between the two tests (r=.571 for smokers), an association that was largely independent of the smaller correlations between either test and reported smoking frequency (r=.476 for CO; r=.479 for SCN). The ability to distinguish between individuals who reported "typical" smoking habits and non-smokers was best when the CO and SCN analyses were used together to take advantage of their separate sources of variance; it was 99 per cent when the two tests were mutually concordant (91 per cent of cases). The CO and SCN measurements allowed 16 individuals who reported light smoking habits to be categorized into high and low presumptive tobacco exposure groups. The two tests are inexpensive and suitable for use in epidemiologic and health care delivery programs.

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