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. 2020 Mar 19;7:468–474. doi: 10.1016/j.toxrep.2020.03.003

Table 3.

Daily intake/ use of nicotine and nitrosamines in ‘insunko’ herb.

Nitrosamines Nicotine
District Vagina (mg/use) & SD Oral/Sniff (mg/day) & SD Vagina (mg/use) & SD Oral/Sniff (mg/use) & SD
Chipata 5.75E-2 ± 3E-4 2.87E-2 ± 3E-4 1.16E-1 ± 2E-3 5.79E-2 ± 2E-4
Solwezi 3.83E-2 ± 2E-4 1.92E-2 ± 2E-4 1.33E-1 ± 3E-3 6.67E-2 ± 3E-4
Lusaka 2.32E-2 ± 2E-4 1.16E-2 ± 2E-4 6.56E-2 ± 2E-4 3.28E-2 ± 2E-4
Kitwe 4.16E-2 ± 3E-4 2.08E-2 ± 3E-4 1.04E-1 ± 2E-3 5.18E-2 ± 2E-4
Mpika 3.49E-2 ± 2E-4 1.74E-2 ± 2E-4 2.04E-1 ± 3E-3 1.02E-1 ± 3E-3
Mwense 5.9E-2 ± 3E-4 2.95E-2 ± 3E-4 1.39E-1 ± 3E-3 6.95E-2 ± 3E-4