| THS | Thirdhand smoke |
| SHS | Secondhand smoke |
| SSS | Mainstream smoke |
| DSB | Double-strand break |
| dGuo | 2′-Deoxyguanosine |
| dCyt | 2′-Deaxycytidine |
| IARC | International Agency for Research on Cancer |
| NTP | National Toxicology Program |
| HONO | Nitrous acid |
| TSNA | Tobacco-specific nitrosamine |
| NNA | 1-(N-Methyl-N-nitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridinyl)-4-butanal |
| NNK | 4-(Methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone |
| NNN | N′-Nitrosonornicotine |
| LA-qPCR | Long amplicon-qPCR |
| HPRT | Hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase |
| POLB | DNA polymerase β |
| HPB | 4-Hydroxy-1-(3-pyridyl)-1butanone |
| FACS | Fluorescence-activated cell sorting |