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Table 5 Comparison of mainstream smoke toxicants between the RTP prototype and a comparative commercial product

From: Approaches for the design of reduced toxicant emission cigarettes

Smoke constituent

CC7

RTP2

 

ISO smoking regime

HCI smoking regime

WG9 smoking regime

ISO smoking regime

HCI smoking regime

WG9 smoking regime

Ammonia (μg/cig)

8.5 ± 0.4

27.8 ± 1.9

29.6 ± 2.3

4.1 ± 0.4

11.6 ± 1.3

13.3 ± 0.8

1-aminonaphthalene (ng/cig)

12.8 ± 0.8

24.4 ± 0.8

23.9 ± 1.4

6.5 ± 0.2

12.9 ± 1.0

11.3 ± 0.8

2-aminonaphthalene (ng/cig)

8.1 ± 0.9

15.5 ± 0.7

16.1 ± 0.9

4.5 ± 0.2

8.7 ± 0.7

8.0 ± 0.6

3-aminobiphenyl (ng/cig)

1.8 ± 0.2

4.2 ± 0.3

4.2 ± 0.2

1.0 ± 0.1

2.2 ± 0.2

1.9 ± 0.1

4-aminobiphenyl (ng/cig)

1.4 ± 0.1

3.1 ± 0.2

3.2 ± 0.3

0.7 ± 0.0

1.6 ± 0.2

1.6 ± 0.1

o-Toluidine (ng/cig)

49.5 ± 1.4

101.3 ± 2.3

NA

33.1 ± 0.4

58.8 ± 4.3

NA

Benzo[a]pyrene (ng/cig)

7.4 ± 0.7

18.5 ± 1.8

17.3 ± 1.8

5.9 ± 0.8

13.6 ± 0.9

13.1 ± 0.7

Formaldehyde (μg/cig)

21.5 ± 2.3

64.4 ± 7.9

54.1 ± 10.8

16.9 ± 1.7

48.6 ± 4.3

49.9 ± 5.3

Acetaldehyde (μg/cig)

393.2 ± 30.1

1121.7 ± 39.5

959.1 ± 79.6

67.1 ± 12.5

576.1 ± 36.4

434.3 ± 33.4

Acetone (μg/cig)

198.2 ± 13.1

550.6 ± 16.2

479.4 ± 35.8

10.6 ± 2.2

256.4 ± 28.2

175.4 ± 7.4

Acrolein (μg/cig)

43.6 ± 5.6

137.0 ± 5.3

120.6 ± 13.1

NQ

61.6 ± 5.5

44.8 ± 2.9

Propionaldehyde (μg/cig)

36.4 ± 3.2

102.8 ± 2.8

89.2 ± 7.8

NQ

48.8 ± 4.2

35.6 ± 1.8

Crotonaldehyde (μg/cig)

9.5 ± 1.3

46.9 ± 1.9

37.4 ± 5.2

BDL

3.9 ± 1.4

NQ

Methyl ethyl ketone (μg/cig)

48.5 ± 3.8

141.0 ± 3.8

121.8 ± 10.7

NQ

35.0 ± 7.0

22.8 ± 0.8

Butyraldehyde (μg/cig)

26.3 ± 2.3

69.7 ± 2.8

65.1 ± 6.3

BDL

16.9 ± 2.0

11.7 ± 0.9

HCN (μg/cig)

84.8 ± 4.0

316.3 ± 12.3

304.6 ± 19.6

12.7 ± 1.1

109.0 ± 2.7

80.6 ± 9.8

Mercury (ng/cig)

NQ

3.8 ± 0.4

NQ

BDL

NQ

NQ

Cadmium (ng/cig)

14.5 ± 0.8

48.7 ± 1.2

47.3 ± 1.8

3.2 ± 0.2

9.7 ± 0.5

8.1 ± 0.8

Lead (ng/cig)

NQ

NQ

NQ

BDL

NQ

BDL

Chromium (ng/cig)

BDL

BDL

BDL

BDL

BDL

BDL

Nickel (ng/cig)

BDL

BDL

BDL

BDL

BDL

BDL

Arsenic (ng/cig)

NQ

NQ

NQ

NQ

NQ

NQ

Selenium (ng/cig)

BDL

BDL

BDL

BDL

BDL

BDL

NO (μg/cig)

88.5 ± 4.7

256.5 ± 32.6

234.1 ± 14.4

31.3 ± 2.9

87.4 ± 10.7

85.0 ± 9.0

NNN (ng/cig)

69.5 ± 6.8

171.4 ± 8.2

143.9 ± 9.2

9.9 ± 1.0

25.4 ± 2.0

22.8 ± 2.8

NAT (ng/cig)

47.4 ± 2.1

114.5 ± 2.7

95.8 ± 3.2

21.5 ± 1.6

55.9 ± 4.2

49.8 ± 5.7

NAB (ng/cig)

8.9 ± 1.1

18.2 ± 1.4

15.0 ± 1.0

2.4 ± 0.3

6.5 ± 0.3

6.2 ± 0.6

NNK (ng/cig)

32.6 ± 3.7

79.9 ± 2.9

70.9 ± 4.5

NQ

28.3 ± 2.8

NQ

Pyridine (μg/cig)

8.3 ± 0.3

36.7 ± 2.5

33.6 ± 0.9

NQ

3.2 ± 0.9

NQ

Quinoline (μg/cig)

0.19 ± 0.01

0.35 ± 0.02

0.39 ± 0.02

0.08 ± 0.01

0.12 ± 0.01

0.14 ± 0.01

Styrene (μg/cig)

5.7 ± 0.3

23.3 ± 1.4

20.5 ± 0.6

0.7 ± 0.2

2.3 ± 0.6

NQ

Hydroquinone (μg/cig)

43.8 ± 1.9

113.1 ± 2.9

108.9 ± 7.3

27.7 ± 1.6

67.7 ± 5.9

66.7 ± 4.5

Resorcinol (μg/cig)

NQ

2.0 ± 0.2

2.5 ± 0.2

BDL

1.7 ± 0.2

NQ

Catechol (μg/cig)

48.4 ± 2.4

99.5 ± 7.6

102.8 ± 6.5

49.4 ± 3.5

96.4 ± 8.8

103.6 ± 6.9

Phenol (μg/cig)

9.5 ± 0.6

14.6 ± 1.7

17.1 ± 3.1

4.5 ± 0.9

6.2 ± 0.7

8.5 ± 0.7

m + p cresols (μg/cig)

6.7 ± 0.4

11.5 ± 1.2

13.1 ± 1.5

4.3 ± 0.5

5.2 ± 0.4

7.3 ± 0.6

o-cresol (μg/cig)

2.4 ± 0.2

3.8 ± 0.4

4.6 ± 0.5

1.6 ± 0.2

1.8 ± 0.2

2.6 ± 0.2

1,3-butadiene (μg/cig)

33.0 ± 1.1

95.3 ± 3.5

89.9 ± 5.0

4.3 ± 0.6

52.5 ± 2.8

47.6 ± 5.0

Isoprene (μg/cig)

283.8 ± 16.7

817.0 ± 21.8

771.1 ± 36.8

13.1 ± 2.5

259.5 ± 18.3

221.9 ± 29.7

Acrylonitrile (μg/cig)

5.6 ± 0.7

23.3 ± 3.5

19.9 ± 3.5

BDL

4.7 ± 0.7

4.3 ± 0.9

Benzene (μg/cig)

26.6 ± 2.8

68.5 ± 3.9

63.6 ± 6.2

BDL

9.7 ± 1.1

9.5 ± 1.3

Toluene (μg/cig)

44.1 ± 5.2

127.6 ± 9.1

120.5 ± 12.7

NQ

NQ

NQ

Naphthalene (ng/cig)

257.6 ± 19.1

1048.5 ± 38.1

NA

54.1 ± 3.6

142.0 ± 9.1

NA

Fluorene (ng/cig)

141.4 ± 8.6

269.2 ± 8.6

NA

161.5 ± 4.6

238.8 ± 15.9

NA

Phenanthrene (ng/cig)

99.7 ± 8.2

182.4 ± 6.7

NA

97.3 ± 2.7

163.2 ± 10.1

NA

Pyrene (ng/cig)

41.5 ± 2.0

88.3 ± 2.7

NA

37.2 ± 1.2

70.9 ± 3.6

NA

NFDPM (mg/cig)

7.1 ± 0.4

26.3 ± 1.7

23.9 ± 2.4

6.4 ± 0.3

17.8 ± 1.2

16.2 ± 0.5

Nicotine (mg/cig)

0.58 ± 0.04

1.59 ± 0.04

1.52 ± 0.14

0.64 ± 0.03

1.48 ± 0.06

1.45 ± 0.04

CO (mg/cig)

7.4 ± 0.4

22.7 ± 1.1

22.4 ± 0.8

5.4 ± 0.3

15.7 ± 0.8

14.0 ± 0.3

  1. Abbreviations: BDL below detection limit, NA not available, NQ not quantified.
  2. Values are given as mean ± SD; 5 replicates.