Strategies to Reduce Tin and Other Metals in Electronic Cigarette Aerosol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Metals are present in electronic cigarette (EC) fluid and aerosol and may present health risks to users.

Objective

The objective of this study was to measure the amounts of tin, copper, zinc, silver, nickel and chromium in the aerosol from four brands of EC and to identify the sources of these metals by examining the elemental composition of the atomizer components.

Methods

Four brands of popular EC were dissected and the cartomizers were examined microscopically. Elemental composition of cartomizer components was determined using integrated energy dispersive X-ray microanalysis, and the concentrations of the tin, copper, zinc silver, nickel, and chromium in the aerosol were determined for each brand using inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectro

SUBMITTER: Williams M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4583845 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature