Emissions from conventional and electronic waterpipes relative to cigarettes and a heated tobacco product.

ABSTRACT: Harms associated with the use of smoked tobacco products, including waterpipes, are due to inhalational exposure to toxicants either present in tobacco or formed during the process of combustion. We assessed levels of 37 toxicants in aerosol emissions from conventional waterpipe heated with different charcoals and also with a heat management device (HMD), from the IQOS heated tobacco product (HTP), and the 'OOKA' electronic waterpipe. We also utilised literature data on toxicant yields in 3R4F reference cigarette smoke. When taking use patterns into account, toxicant yields were substantially lower in conventional waterpipe aerosol compared with cigarette smoke. Toxicant yields in electronic waterpipe aerosol were substantially lower than those in conventional waterpipe aerosol, both on a

SUBMITTER: Wilkinson PJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12044023 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature