Chemical characterization of the smokes of selected US commercial cigarettes: tar, nicotine, carbon monoxide, oxides of nitrogen, hydrogen cyanide, and acrolein. [32 brands]
Thirty-two brands of US commercial cigarettes were analyzed for their deliveries of tar, nicotine, CO, CO/sub 2/, HCN, NO/sub x/, and acrolein under standard smoking conditions. Per cigarette and per puff deliveries were calculated. The sample suite contained filtered and non-filtered varieties, and relatively popular high, low, and medium tar delivery cigarettes. The range of deliveries of these constituents was considerable. Statistical analysis indicated that the deliveries of nicotine, CO, NO/sub x/, and HCN could usually be estimated to within 50% of their actual delivery if the tar delivery was known. However, brand to brand variation in the constituent ratios was sufficient so as to preclude the exact calculation of the delivery of one component from that of another.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-26
- OSTI ID:
- 6051625
- Report Number(s):
- ORNL/TM-8749; ON: DE83012139
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ORGANIC
PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
TOBACCO SMOKES
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
ACROLEIN
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON MONOXIDE
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
HYDROCYANIC ACID
NICOTINE
NITROGEN OXIDES
TAR
TOBACCO PRODUCTS
AEROSOLS
ALDEHYDES
ALKALOIDS
AMINES
AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS
AZINES
AZOLES
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
COLLOIDS
CYANIDES
DATA
DISPERSIONS
DRUGS
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INFORMATION
INORGANIC ACIDS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PARASYMPATHOLYTICS
PARASYMPATHOMIMETICS
PYRIDINES
PYRROLES
PYRROLIDINES
RESIDUES
SMOKES
SOLS
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