Particulate matter emissions of four types of one cigarette brand with and without additives: a laser spectrometric particulate matter analysis of secondhand smoke.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Inhaled particulate matter (PM) in secondhand smoke (SHS) is deleterious for smokers and non-smokers. Different additives in cigarettes might effect the amount of PM. This study aimed to assess the influence of additives on the PM emissions from different cigarette types in SHS.

Design

An experimental study of PM measuring in SHS of cigarettes without exposition of any person.

Method

The concentrations of PM (PM₁₀, PM_2.5 and PM₁) in SHS of four different types of cigarettes of the brand Lucky Strike, two types with additives (Original Red, Original Blue) and two types without additives (Straight Red, Straight Blue), in comparison to the reference cigarette 3R4F were analysed. An automatic environmental tobacco smoke emitter g

SUBMITTER: Braun M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6340634 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature