Chemical composition of cigarette smoke

Conference · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:5761374

Guerin, M. R.

Cigarette smoke is a concentrated aerosol of liquid particles suspended in an atmosphere consisting mainly of nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon dioxide. While the precise chemical composition of the particulate and gaseous phases is dependent on the characteristics of the cigarette and the manner in which it is smoked, both phases contain tens of hundreds of individual constitutents. Notable among potentially hazardous constituents of smoke are tar, nicotine, carbon monoxide, nitric oxide, hydrogen cyanide, acrolein, benzo(a)pyrene, and N-nitrosamines.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• OSTI ID: 5761374
• Report Number(s): CONF-791089-1
• Resource Relation: Conference: Toward a less hazardous cigarette meeting, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA, 14 Oct 1979
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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