Open AccessNicotine Metabolism and Intake in Black and White Smokers
Author(s) -
Elíseo J. Pérez-Stable
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
jama
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688
H-Index - 680
eISSN - 1538-3598
pISSN - 0098-7484
DOI - 10.1001/jama.280.2.152
Subject(s) - medicine , nicotine , white (mutation) , smoking cessation , physiology , pathology , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
Racial differences in tobacco-related diseases are not fully explained by cigarette-smoking behavior. Despite smoking fewer cigarettes per day, blacks have higher levels of serum cotinine, the proximate metabolite of nicotine.
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