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Ultra-Weak Chemiluminescence of Smokers' Blood

Binkoh Yoda Department of Medicine, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai 980, Japan
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Yoshio Goto Department of Medicine, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai 980, Japan
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Katsuro Sato Department of Medicine, Tohoku Koseinenkin Hospital, Sendai 983, Japan
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Akio Saeki Department of Communication Engineering, Tohoku Institute of Technology, Sendai 982, Japan
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Humio Inaba Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University, Sendai 980, Japan
Pages 148-150 | Published online: 10 Dec 2012
 
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ABSTRACT

An extremely sensitive single photon counter was developed that could quantitatively detect very weak, spontaneous light emission from human blood samples. Ultra-weak chemiluminescence intensities of cigarette smokers' blood plasma reached significantly higher levels than those of nonsmokers. Elevated levels of the chemiluminescence of the smokers' plasma returned to the nonsmokers' range within 12 hr after cessation of cigarette smoking. We propose that this higher chemiluminescent property of the smokers' plasma might be somehow related to cigarette smoking-associated health disorders, e.g., carcinogenesis.

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