Plasma nicotine and cotinine in tobacco smoke exposed beagle dogs |
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Authors: | RS Brazell AC Stiff GM Henderson RA Jenkins PL Romig O Auerbach |
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Institution: | 1. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830 USA;2. Veterans Administration Hospital, East Orange, New Jersey 07019 USA |
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Abstract: | Nicotine and cotinine have been determined in plasma samples from 87 beagle dogs chronically exposed to cigarette smoke with three different levels of nicotine. An additional 18 sham-exposed animals were included in the study as controls. Smoke was administered to the animals through permanent tracheostomas via cuffed tracheostomy tubes and was generated from reference cigarettes under standard puffing parameters by ADL-II smoking machines. The dogs were exposed for an average of 2 years prior to sample collection. The results from blood samples collected at specific intervals in the daily exposure schedules indicate that nicotine may be useful as a relative index of smoke exposure. At elevated exposure levels, average blood concentrations were related to the number of cigarettes smoked as well as the nitocine delivery of the cigarette. Cotinine was found to increase more slowly than nicotine and was also metabolized more rapidly than in humans. Overall, the study affords an examination of the relationship of plasma nicotine and cotinine with estimated nicotine exposure. |
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