Dioxins in cigarette smoke
Dioxins in cigarettes, smoke, and ash were determined using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. The total concentration of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) in cigarette smoke was approximately 5.0 micrograms/m3 at the maximum level, whereas various congeners from tetra-octa-chlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (-CDD) were detected. Particullary, the total concentration of hepta-CDD congeners was the highest among these congeners. Mass fragmentograms of various PCDD congeners were similar to those in flue gas samples collected from a municipal waste incinerator. The PCDD congeners that were not present in the cigarettes were found in the smoke samples. The 2,3,7,8-TCDD toxic equivalent value--an index for effects on humans--for total PCDDs in smoke was 1.81 ng/m3 using the toxic factor of the United States Environment Protection Agency. Daily intake of PCDDs by smoking 20 cigarettes was estimated to be approximately 4.3 pg.kg body weight/day. This value was close to that of the ADIs: 1-5 pg.kg body weight/day reported in several countries. A heretofore unrecognized health risk was represented by the presence of PCDDs in cigarette smoke.
- Research Organization:
- Akita Univ. School of Medicine (Japan)
- OSTI ID:
- 5827782
- Journal Information:
- Arch. Environ. Health; (United States), Vol. 44:3
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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DIOXIN
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
TOXICITY
TOBACCO SMOKES
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY
MASS SPECTROSCOPY
AEROSOLS
CHROMATOGRAPHY
COLLOIDS
DISPERSIONS
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RESIDUES
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SMOKES
SOLS
SPECTROSCOPY
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