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Joseph C. Avakoff, MD
Los Gatos, Calif

JAMA. 1994;271(24):1904.

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To the Editor.

—I read with interest the article by Dr Eliopoulos and colleagues.¹ This article was widely publicized by the news media as showing "for the first time measurable levels of nicotine in infants from passive smoking." I would like to ask the authors two questions.

First, the article indicates that infants from mothers who were nonsmokers had 0.4 ng/mg of nicotine. Where did this nicotine come from?

Second, the article indicates that infants from mothers with passive smoke exposure had 0.28 ng/mg of nicotine. I may not be a cognitive physician, but to me it looks as if the infants whose mothers were nonsmokers had a higher amount of nicotine than those from mothers exposed to passive smoke. Could the authors please explain this for me?

While I await a reply to this question I shall fire up a fine cigar and enjoy life a little bit . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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