• 한국연초학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.35-40
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• 2010

This study was carried out to enhance the analytical methods of phenolic compounds in mainstream cigarette smoke using high efficiency column and RRLC(Rapid Resolution Liquid Chromatography) system, and to compare these methods. RRLC system offers significantly faster results with higher data quality of phenolic compounds than conventional HPLC, but it is disadvantage that it is expensive. On the other hand, the method using monolithic column offers faster results by the use of conventional HPLC system without new equipment introduction. In this study, we used the linear type smoking machine and Health Canada method for pre-treatment process of phenolic compounds. The analysis time of phenolic compounds using RRLC and monolithic column was individually 8 and 15 minutes, whereas in the conventional HPLC it was 45 minutes. These new methods were accompanied with the minimal solvent consumption and had lower analysis costs. Also, we proved that there were no difference between new methods and conventional method in accuracy by statistic.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.607-612
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• 1999

Cigarette smoking is the potential risk factor for lung cancer and chronic pulmonary disease, as well as inflammatory bowel disease and reproductive malfunction. Nicotine and tar have been im plicated as a major factor in the pathogenesis of the diseases. Nicotine increases heart rate and blood pressure due to stimulation sympathetic neurotransmission and tar also accounts for the severe damage of peridontal diseases and osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. Portulaca oleracea, which contains significant amount of K+, noradrenaline and dopamine as well as various nutrients, has been used for many medicinal purposes and one of which is the detoxification of insect or snake toxins. The purpose of this study was to investigate the action of Portulaca oleracea extracts on the reduction of harmful materials of tabacco. The reduction percentages were measured in the presence and absence of each solvent extract of Portulaca oleracea using reversed C18 column of HPLC. Nicotine reduction effects were obtained from aqueous, methanol and chloroform extracts of Portulaca oleracea as 89%, 55% and 51%, respectively. The results suggest that the polar extracts of Portulaca oleracea affects the reduction of nicotine which is responsible for many diseases.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제73권4호
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• pp.210-218
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• 2012

Background: The level of urine cotinine is an indicator of tobacco smoke exposure. The purpose of this study is to investigate urine cotinine for the purpose of assessing the smoking status of Korean smokers and non-smokers exposed to tobacco smoke. Methods: The subjects were identified from the 2007-2009 and the 2010 data sets of the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES). They were assigned as non-smokers, current smokers and ex-smokers. Non-smokers were also divided into three subset groups according to the duration of smoke exposure. Each group was stratified by gender prior to analysis. Results: The median value of urine cotinine in the male current smokers was 1,221.93 ng/mL which was the highest among all groups. The difference between levels of urine cotinine for male and the female groups was statistically significant (p<0.01). In the female group, passive smoke exposure groups reported higher urine cotinine levels than non-exposure groups (p=0.01). The cutoff point for the discrimination of current smokers from non-smokers was 95.6 ng/mL in males and 96.8 ng/mL in females. The sensitivity and specificity were 95.2% and 97.1%, respectively, in males, 96.1% and 96.5% in females. However, the determination of urine cotinine level was not useful in distinguishing between passive smoke exposure groups and non-exposure groups. Conclusion: Urine cotinine concentration is a useful biomarker for discriminating non-smokers from current smokers. However, careful interpretation is necessary for assessing passive smoke exposure by urine cotinine concentration.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.175-187
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• 2009

이 연구는 부모의 알레르기 질환력을 고려해 간접흡연 노출과 소아 천식의 관계를 밝히는 것을 목적으로 이루어졌다. 이를 위해 경기도의 농촌과 도시를 대표하는 두 개 지역 소재 3개 초등학교 학생을 대상으로 이루어진 설문조사 자료를 이용하였다. 이 자료 중 이 연구는 설문에 응답한 대상자 중 평생 천명, 최근 천명, 의사진단 천식을 비롯해 간접흡연, 부모 알레르기 질환 여부에 응답한 2,301명을 최종 분석 대상으로 삼았다. 천식 및 천명을 이 분형 종속 변수로 삼고 로지스틱 회귀 분석을 통해 최근 1년간 간접흡연에의 노출과 부모의 알레르기 질환력이 천식 및 천명 질환에 미치는 독립 적인 효과를 분석하였으며 둘 간의 상호작용 효과를 추정하였다. 분석 결과 아버지와 어머니의 알레르기성 질환 병력은 평생 천명, 최근 천명에 유의한 영향력을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며 어머니의 천식 병력의 경우에는 의사 진단 천식에도 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 밝혀졌다. 그러나 어머니나 아버지의 최근 흡연과 소아 천식과의 관계는 통계적 유의성을 확보하지 못했다. 부모의 알레르기 질환력과 간접흡연간의 상호작용효과는 ‘부모알레르기 질환도 없고 간접흡연 노출도 없는 집단’, ‘부모 알레르기 질환력은 없지만 최근 흡연 노출은 있는 집단’, ‘부모 알레르기 질환력은 있지만 최근 흡연 노출은 없는 집단’, 그리고 ‘부모 알레르기 질환도 있으며 간접흡연 노출도 있는 집단’을 비교해 평가하였다. 분석 결과 부모의 알레르기 질환력과 간접흡연의 노출간의 상호작용효과는 어머니의 최근 흡연의 경우에 자녀의 최근 천명에서 유의한 효과를 보였으며 아버지의 최근 흡연의 경우에는 평생 천명과 최근 천명에서 유의한 효과를 타나냈다. 부모의 알레르기 질환과 최근 어머니의 흡연이 모두 없는 집단에 비해서 두 요인 다 있는 집단에서 자녀의 최근 천명이 나타날 교차비는 4.83배(95%CI:189-12.33)로 높았다. 또 아버지가 최근 1년간 흡연을 했으며 부모의 알레르기 질환력이 있는 집단에서는 아버지가 흡연하지도 않고 부모의 알레르기질환도 없는 집단에 비해 자녀의 최근 천명이 나타날 확률이 2.50배(95%CI:1.34-4.70) 높았으며 평생천명이 나타날 확률 역시 2.47배(95%CI:1.64-3.72)높았다. 이러한 연구 결과는 부모의 알레르기 질환력이 있는 경우에는 간접흡연의 노출이 자녀의 천식 및 천명의 유의한 위험 요인이라는 사실을 보여 준다. 따라서 향후에는 간접흡연의 노출과 상호작용하는 특정한 유전자 군에 대한 연구가 필요 할 것이다. 또한 소아 천식의 위험을 낮추기 위해서는 부모의 금연을 중심으로 한 간접흡연 노출을 줄일 수 있는 개입이 필요하며 나아가 부모가 알레르기질환이 있는 집단에 대한 집중적인 금연 교육이 소아 천식을 효과적으로 줄일 수 있을 것으로 여겨진다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.165-172
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• 2013

A noncommunicable disease (NCD) is a medical condition or disease that is by definition non-infectious and non-transmissible among people. Currently, NCDs are the leading causes of death and disease burden worldwide. The four main types of NCDs, including cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic lung disease, and diabetes, result in more than 30 million deaths annually. To reduce the burden of NCDs on global health, current public health actions stress the importance of preventing, detecting, and correcting modifiable risk factors; controlling major modifiable risk factors has been shown to effectively reduce NCD mortality. The World Health Organization's World Health Report 2002 identified tobacco use, alcohol consumption, overweight, physical inactivity, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol as the most important risk factors for NCDs. Accordingly, the present report set out to review the prevalence and trends of these modifiable risk factors in the Korean population. Over the past few decades, we observed significant risk factor modifications of improved blood pressure control and decreased smoking rate. However, hypertension and cigarette smoking remained the most contributable factors of NCDs in the Korean population. Moreover, other major modifiable risk factors show no improvement or even worsened. The current status and trends in major modifiable risk factors reinforce the importance of prevention, detection, and treatment of risk factors in reducing the burden of NCDs on individuals and society.

• 대한두개안면성형외과학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.110-114
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• 2021

Retrobulbar hemorrhage is a disastrous condition that can lead to permanent blindness. As such, rapid diagnosis and treatment are critical. Here, we report a patient who presented with retrobulbar hemorrhage following an orbital floor fracture. Restoration of inferior orbital wall with porous polyethylene implant was underwent. Four days after the orbital floor reconstruction, the patient smoked a cigarette outdoors in -3℃ weather. Cold temperature and smoking caused an increase in his systemic blood pressure. The elevated blood pressure increased intraorbital pressure to the extent of causing central retinal artery occlusion and exacerbated oozing. During exploratory surgery, 3 mL of hematoma and diffuse oozing without arterial bleeding were observed. Prompt diagnosis and treatment prevented vision impairment. Few studies have reported on the risk factors for retrobulbar hemorrhage. This case showed that daily activities, such as exposure to cold weather or tobacco smoking, could be risk factors for retrobulbar hemorrhage.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.2311-2314
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• 2012

Genetic polymorphisms of uridine diphosphate-glucuronosyltransferases 1A6 (UGT1A6) and 1A7 (UGT1A7) may lead to genetic instability and colorectal cancer carcinogenesis. Our objective was to measure the interaction between polymorphisms of these repair genes and tobacco smoking in colorectal cancer (CRC). A total of 68 individuals with CRC and 112 non-cancer controls were divided into non-smoker and smoker groups according to pack-years of smoking. Genetic polymorphisms of UGT1A6 and UGT1A7 were examined using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP). We found a weak association of UGT1A6 polymorphisms with CRC risk (crude odds ratio [OR], 1.65;95% confidence interval [95% CI], 0.9-3.1, P=0.107; adjusted OR 1.95%, 95% CI 1.0-3.8, P=0.051). The ORs for the UGT1A7 polymorphisms were statistically significant (crude OR: 26.40, 95% CI: 3.5-198.4, P=0.001; adjusted OR: 21.52, 95% CI: 2.8-164.1, P=0.003). The joint effect of tobacco exposure and UGTIA6 polymorphisms was significantly associated with colorectal cancer risk in non-smokers (crude OR, 2.11; 95% CI, 0.9-5.0, P=0.092; adjusted OR 2.63, 95% CI, 1.0-6.7, P=0.042). In conclusion, our findings suggest that UGT1A6 and UGT1A7 gene polymorphisms are associated with CRC risk in the Japanese population. In particualr, UGT1A6 polymorphisms may strongly increase CRC risk through the formation of carcinogens not associated with smoking.

• 한국연초학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.33-38
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• 2008

This study was carried out to determine the analytical methods for heterocyclic amines(HAs) of the tobacco smoke by LC/MS/MS. HAs have been found in pyrolysate of protein and cooked food including protein, were known the Sugimura compound. HAs content of the smoke were known to exist very low ppb level. Especially, some of HAs are mutagenic and carcinogenic compounds. In according to IARC, the toxicity of N-heterocyclic amines classified IARC class 2A or 2B group. Precursors of these compounds are glutamic acid, protein and free amino acids including tryptophan, therefore, the precursors have been proved in cooked food continuously. This study was investigate multiple analysis methods for HAs and HAs contents of some commercial products. In this study, we used the linear type smoking machine for HAs analysis. At the ISO conditions, mainstream smoke was collected on cambridge filter pad, and then cambridge filter pad was extracted by 0.1% acetic acid. The extracted solution were passed cation exchange SPE cartridge to remove matrix, samples were analyzed using LC/MS/MS on MRM mode. From the result that optimized this methods, the correlation coefficient(R) of the individual compounds were good linearity over 0.999, recovery rate over 96% and the limit of detection were good values between 0.06 to 0.37 ng/mL, In addition, HAs content of some commercial products were in range of 0.02 to 43.8 ng/cig.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권sup1호
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• pp.79-84
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• 2016

Graphic health warnings (GHW) on tobacco packages have proven to be effective in increasing quit attempts among smokers and reducing initial smoking among adolescents. This research aimed to examine the relative importance of different attributes of graphic health warnings on tobacco packages in Viet Nam. A discrete choice experimental (DCE) design was applied with a conditional logit model. In addition, a ranking method was used to list from the least to the most dreadful GHW labels. With the results from DCE model, graphic type was shown to be the most important attribute, followed by cost and coverage area of GHW. The least important attribute was position of the GHW. Among 5 graphic types (internal lung cancer image, external damaged teeth, abstract image, human suffering image and text), the image of lung cancer was found to have the strongest influence on both smokers and non-smokers. With ranking method, the image of throat cancer and heart diseases were considered the most dreadful images. GHWs should be designed with these attributes in mind, to maximise influence on purchase among both smokers and non-smokers.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.57-64
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• 2016

Background: Tobacco smoking is considered a risk factor for cervical cancer development due to the presence of tobacco based carcinogenic metabolites in cervical cells of female smokers. In this study, we investigated the role of the T3801C (MspI) polymorphism of CYP1A1, a gene encoding an enzyme necessary for the initiation of tobacco based carcinogen metabolism, on cervical cancer risk. The T to C substitution may alter CYP1A1 activities, potentially elevating cervical cancer risk. Since results of gene-disease association studies vary according to the study population, the multi-ethnic population of Malaysia provides an excellent representative cohort for identifying and comparing the cervical cancer risk among the 3 major ethnics in Southeast Asia in relation to CYP1A1 MspI polymorphism. Materials and Methods: A total of 195 Thin Prep Pap smear samples from HPV negative and cancer free females were randomly selected as controls while 106 formalin fixed paraffin embedded samples from females with invasive cervical cancer were randomly selected for the cases group. The polymorphisms were identified using restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) PCR. Results: We found no significant associations between CYP1A1 MspI polymorphism and cervical cancer in the general Malaysian female population. However, upon ethnic stratification, the variant C/C genotype was significantly associated with a 4.66-fold increase in cervical cancer risk in Malay females (95% CI= 1.21-17.9; p=0.03). No significant association was observed in the Chinese and Indian females. Additionally, there were no significant associations in the dominant model and allele frequency model analysis in both the general and ethnically stratified female population of Malaysia. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that the C/C genotype of CYP1A1 MspI polymorphism is associated with the development of cervical carcinoma in the Malay females of Malaysia.