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use of flavored cigarettes among older adolescent and adult smokers: united states, 2004--2005.cigarettes with candy, fruit and alcohol flavors have been introduced in recent years as extensions to popular cigarette brands, raising concerns in the public health community that the enticing names, creative packaging, and intense flavorings of these products may be especially appealing to youth. this study used two national surveys to examine the prevalence of use of camel exotic blends, kool smooth fusion, and salem silver label brands during 2004--2005 among older adolescents and young adu ...200818629731
evaluating the acute effects of oral, non-combustible potential reduced exposure products marketed to smokers.non-combustible potential reduced exposure products (preps; eg, star scientific's ariva; a variety of other smokeless tobacco products) are marketed to reduce the harm associated with smoking. this marketing occurs despite an absence of objective data concerning the toxicant exposure and effects of these preps. methods used to examine combustible preps were adapted to assess the acute effects of non-combustible preps for smokers.201019346218
development of a nested polymerase chain reaction assay for the detection of eimeria macusaniensis in camel id feces.objective-to test the ability of a nested pcr assay to detect eimeria macusaniensis at various stages of infection in alpacas. animals-4 healthy adult alpacas with no detectable e macusaniensis. procedures-alpacas were inoculated with 2 × 10(4) sporulated oocysts. serial fecal samples collected during the next 38 days were tested via sucrose flotation and pcr assay. results-oocyst passage was detected via fecal flotation in all 4 alpacas 31 to 35 days after inoculation. three had positive ...201222204283
characterization of measured menthol in 48 u.s. cigarette sub-brands.more than 25% of cigarettes sold in the united states are branded as mentholated, and these cigarettes are smoked disproportionately among populations with disparate tobacco-related health outcomes. this study is the first (independent of the tobacco industry) to report menthol for 48 popular commercially available mentholated cigarette sub-brands. the dependent variable "menthol per cigarette" was obtained by gas chromatography-mass spectrometer assay, whereas average per-cigarette milligram we ...200516085523
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