Exhaled carbon monoxide is a marker of heavy nicotine dependence

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Babaoglu E., KARALEZLİ A., Mukremin E. R., HASANOĞLU H. C., ÖZTUNA D.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, vol.46, no.6, pp.1677-1681, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 46 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.3906/sag-1601-140
  • Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.1677-1681
  • Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background/aim: Exhaled CO level provides an objective measure of a patient's smoking status. The relationship between CO levels and nicotine dependence is controversial. The aim of this study is to evaluate the relationship between exhaled CO levels and nicotine dependence as well as to demonstrate that exhaled CO levels may be used as a marker of nicotine dependence.