Higher blood nicotine concentrations following smokeless tobacco (pituri) and cigarette use linked to adverse pregnancy outcomes for Central Australian Aboriginal pregnancies

• Main Authors: Angela Ratsch (Author), Fiona Bogossian (Author), Elizabeth A. Burmeister (Author), BoMi Ryu (Author), Kathryn J. Steadman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In central Australia, Aboriginal women use wild tobacco plants, Nicotiana spp. (locally known as pituri) as a chewed smokeless tobacco, with this use continuing throughout pregnancy and lactation. Our aim was to describe the biological concentrations of nicotine and metabolites i...