Table 5

Spearman's correlations between measures of THS pollution in hotel rooms and THS exposure of non-smoking confederates staying in hotel rooms

 SNicS3EPANicA3EPFNicUCot
Surface nicotine1.00
Surface 3EP0.021.00
Air nicotine0.42**0.181.00
Air 3EP0.230.250.65**1.00
Finger nicotine0.32**0.120.56**0.35*1.00
Urine cotinine0.42**0.130.67**0.39*0.54**1.00
  • *p<0.05 two-tailed, **p<0.001 two-tailed. Sample sizes vary from N=32–35 for air 3EP and N=64–70 for all others.

  • 3EP, 3-ethynylpyridine; TSH, thirdhand smoke.