Eugenol, menthol and other flavour chemicals in kreteks and 'white' cigarettes purchased in Indonesia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Flavoured tobacco products are not restricted in Indonesia, a country with about 68 million adults who smoke. Most use clove-mixed tobacco cigarettes ('kreteks'); non-clove ('white') cigarettes are also available. Although the use of flavour chemicals has been identified by WHO as promoting tobacco use, little has been reported for Indonesia about the levels of flavourants in either kreteks or 'white cigarettes'.

Methods

22 kretek brand variants and nine 'white' cigarette brand variants were purchased in Indonesia during 2021/2022; one of the kretek packs contained three colour-coded variants, giving a total sample number of 24 for the kreteks. Chemical analyses gave the mg/stick (=mg/(filter+rod)) values for 180 individual flavour chemicals that included eugenol

SUBMITTER: Cohen JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11503103 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature