Alpha 2.0
Login Register
» Articles » PMID: 2665532

Formaldehyde Exposures from Tobacco Smoke: a Review

Overview
Journal Am J Public Health
Specialty Public Health
Date 1989 Aug 1
PMID 2665532
Citations 6
Authors
T Godish
Affiliations
Soon will be listed here.
Abstract

Reports of formaldehyde levels in mainstream, sidestream, and environmental tobacco smoke from nine studies are reviewed. Considerable disparity exists between formaldehyde production rates determined from mainstream-sidestream studies and those reporting levels in environmental tobacco smoke. Tobacco smoke does not appear to increase vapor-phase formaldehyde levels significantly in indoor environments, but formaldehyde exposure in mainstream smoke may pose a risk of upper respiratory system cancer and increase the risk of cancer in smokers.

Citing Articles

Comparison of real-time instrument use and absorbent tube method for measuring formaldehyde in working environments: A health risk assessment for gross anatomy staff.

Soonklang P, Ketsakorn A, Homkham N, Chaikittiporn C, Norkaew S Toxicol Rep. 2025; 14:101913.

PMID: 39911319 PMC: 11794169. DOI: 10.1016/j.toxrep.2025.101913.

Epigenome-wide association studies of occupational exposure to benzene and formaldehyde.

Phillips R, Wei L, Cardenas A, Hubbard A, McHale C, Vermeulen R Epigenetics. 2022; 17(13):2259-2277.

PMID: 36017556 PMC: 9665125. DOI: 10.1080/15592294.2022.2115604.

Tobacco Smoking and the Fecal Microbiome in a Large, Multi-ethnic Cohort.

Prakash A, Peters B, Cobbs E, Beggs D, Choi H, Li H Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2021; 30(7):1328-1335.

PMID: 34020999 PMC: 8254769. DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-20-1417.

Sub-ohm vaping increases the levels of carbonyls, is cytotoxic, and alters gene expression in human bronchial epithelial cells exposed at the air-liquid interface.

Noel A, Hossain E, Perveen Z, Zaman H, Penn A Respir Res. 2020; 21(1):305.

PMID: 33213456 PMC: 7678293. DOI: 10.1186/s12931-020-01571-1.

A Wearable IoT Aldehyde Sensor for Pediatric Asthma Research and Management.

Li B, Dong Q, Downen R, Tran N, Jackson J, Pillai D Sens Actuators B Chem. 2020; 287:584-594.

PMID: 31938011 PMC: 6959855. DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2019.02.077.

References
1.
Weber A, Jermini C, GRANDJEAN E . Irritating effects on man of air pollution due to cigarette smoke. Am J Public Health. 1976; 66(7):672-6. PMC: 1653382. DOI: 10.2105/ajph.66.7.672. View
2.
Dally K, Hanrahan L, Woodbury M, Kanarek M . Formaldehyde exposure in nonoccupational environments. Arch Environ Health. 1981; 36(6):277-84. DOI: 10.1080/00039896.1981.10667638. View
3.
Olsen J, Dossing M . Formaldehyde induced symptoms in day care centers. Am Ind Hyg Assoc J. 1982; 43(5):366-70. DOI: 10.1080/15298668291409866. View
4.
KENSLER C, BATTISTA S . COMPONENTS OF CIGARETTE SMOKE WITH CILIARY-DEPRESSANT ACTIVITY. THEIR SELECTIVE REMOVAL BY FILTERS CONTAINING ACTIVATED CHARCOAL GRANULES. N Engl J Med. 1963; 269:1161-6. DOI: 10.1056/NEJM196311282692202. View
5.
Hendrick D, Rando R, Lane D, Morris M . Formaldehyde asthma: challenge exposure levels and fate after five years. J Occup Med. 1982; 24(11):893-7. View