Environmental tobacco smoke uptake by clothing fabrics

Determination of Volatile Organic Compounds for a Systematic Evaluation of Third-Hand Smoking

“…Significantly higher concentrations for ammonia and 2-furaldehyde (data not shown) were observed for the cotton and linen fabric samples; however, higher concentrations for other smoking-related aromatic VOCs were obtained with the Table 1 acetate fabric. The results show good agreement with that reported previously, 17 where a quite limited adsorption of smoking-related VOCs was observed for the polyester and silk fabric samples. Although a more extensive study, including a consideration for the chemical structure of the fiber, should be needed to reach the final conclusion, these results indicate that the adsorption behavior of VOCs was associated with the chemical structure of the fabric, and that the proposed method could be applied to the development of an evaluation method for preventing third-hand smoking pollution.…”

“…For all of the evaluations, a 10-cm square of each fabric sample was used, because the physical size of the fabric showed a dominant effect on the amount of the VOCs than that of the weight in the preliminary experiments. This is quite natural that the amounts of desorbed VOCs are more closely related to the surface area of the fabric samples than the weight, 17 and actually the same size of fabric sample should be examined for a more practical evaluation of third-hand smoking in an in-room environment. Figure 2A shows typical TIM chromatogram for the separation of VOCs related to third-hand smoking.…”

Role of clothing in both accelerating and impeding dermal absorption of airborne SVOCs

“…There is recognition that adsorption and desorption of indoor-relevant gases on fabrics for tobacco smoke products [30][31][32] and pesticides 21 can influence exposure. Several studies have shown that dry-cleaning solvents [33][34][35][36] and moth repellants 37 can sorb to clothing and subsequently desorb, increasing indoor concentrations.…”

Characterizing the sorption of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) to cotton and polyester fabrics under controlled conditions

“…For instance, Piadé et al (1999), Noble (2000), Petrick et al (2010) and Chien et al (2011) reported that natural fabrics, such as cotton and wool, have a greater affinity for polar nicotine and chemicals in environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) in contrast to polyester. Similarly, Morrison et al (2015b) reported the greatest sorption of methamphetamine (a relatively polar compound) to cotton and a cotton-polyester blend upholstery fabric than polyester.…”

“…Examples of such studies include the sorption of VOCs to indoor materials such as carpet and gypsum board (Won et al, 2000(Won et al, , 2001, ETS to clothing (Noble, 2000;Chien et al, 2011), and nicotine to indoor surfaces including fabrics, glass and wood material (Piadé et al, 1999;Petrick et al, 2010). Conditions such as temperature, air exchange rate and relative humidity can be controlled and thus investigated in chamber experiments.…”