TSRC, Tob. Sci. Res. Conf., 2015, 69, abstr. 108
In vitro cytotoxicity of aboriginal australian smokeless tobacco product ‘pituri’ compared to nicotine in human lung epithelial cells
MOGHBEL N.; RYU B.; STEADMAN K.J.
The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia
Aboriginal people of central Australia use a range of Nicotiana species to make a smokeless tobacco product that they call ‘pituri’. Pituri is prepared by mixing dried leaves of wild tobacco plants with ash, usually from burned Acacia twigs, and...