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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 15.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Chem. 2013 Sep 17;59(12):1780–1789. doi: 10.1373/clinchem.2013.207407

Table 5.

Breath THC concentrations (pg/pad) from chronic and occasional cannabis smokers after smoking a single 6.8% THC cigarette within 10 min.

Time after smokinga,b Chronic cannabinoid smokers
A B D E F G H I J K L M N
Admission c 90.1 102.0
−1.00
0.50 50.7 292.0 409.0 147.0 177.0 84.5 161.0 182.0 65.8 171.0 117.0 51.4 55.5
1.00 109.0 209.0 159.0 71.4 89.6 51.4 159.0 159.0 90.9 85.3
2.00 67.6 86.3 50.5 97.6 74.3 94.8 54.0
3.00
4.00 98.0
Time after smokingb,d Occasional cannabinoid smokers
O P Q R S T U V W X Y
0.50 118.0 1170.0e 60.4 56.4 87.4 50.2 101.0 54.9 106 61.5
1.00 53.0 74.3 50.8 83.7 53.0 92.3 50.4
a

Actual mean (range) collection times. Admission: −18.35 h (−19.37 to −17.33 h); −1 h: −0.82 h (−0.97 to −0.59 h); 0.5 h: 0.89 h (0.78–1.01 h); 1 h: 1.38 h (1.29–1.54 h); 2 h: 2.38 h (2.25–2.53 h), 3 h: 3.23 h (3.11–3.42 h), 4 h: 4.27 h (4.11–4.45 h).

b

All samples collected from chronic cannabis smokers 5–21 h postsmoking were <LOQ. All occasional smoker breath samples were <LOQ at admission and at −1 and 2–21 h postsmoking.

c

—, <LOQ.

d

Actual mean (range) collection times, 0.5 h: 0.95 h (0.74–1.10 h); 1 h: 1.49 h (1.21–2.07 h).

e

CBN 150 pg/pad.