Philip Morris Products S.a.

Frank Luedicke

Manuel Claude Peitsch

There is disclosed herein a device for determining the smoking status of a subject, wherein said device comprises a plurality of different specific binding molecules deposited to a solid phase to detect specifically the presence of two or three tobacco smoke exposure biomarkers in a biological sample, said biomarkers consisting of: (i) cotinine and total 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-, pyridyl)-1-butanol (NNAL); (ii) cotinine and N-acetyl-S-[2-carboxyethyl]-L-cysteine (CEMA); or (iii) cotinine and NNAL and CEMA.

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Evilard, Switzerland

Frank Luedicke