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Table 6 Comparison of sidestream smoke chemistry 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

ISO smoking regime

Ammonia (μg/cig)

  

1-aminonaphthalene (ng/cig)

194.3 ± 7.9

92.0 ± 6.0

2-aminonaphthalene (ng/cig)

158.2 ± 4.2

76.7 ± 4.4

3-aminobiphenyl (ng/cig)

35.1 ± 1.3

14.9 ± 1.1

4-aminobiphenyl (ng/cig)

24.0 ± 1.5

10.1 ± 0.7

Benzo[a]pyrene (ng/cig)

118.9 ± 11.7

93.6 ± 5.4

Formaldehyde (μg/cig)

590 ± 92

524 ± 31

Acetaldehyde (μg/cig)

1535 ± 114

1120 ± 130

Acetone (μg/cig)

832 ± 60

586 ± 53

Acrolein (μg/cig)

339.3 ± 27.1

255.8 ± 32.6

Propionaldehyde (μg/cig)

158.5 ± 10.2

109.4 ± 8.8

Crotonaldehyde (μg/cig)

75.5 ± 5.7

57.0 ± 3.9

Methyl ethyl ketone (μg/cig)

200.3 ± 13.3

163.2 ± 13.7

Butyraldehyde (μg/cig)

97.0 ± 4.8

53.7 ± 4.2

HCN (μg/cig)

97.3 ± 10.1

53.7 ± 7.8

Mercury (ng/cig)

NQ

NQ

Cadmium (ng/cig)

207.6 ± 7.5

162.2 ± 10.0

Lead (ng/cig)

BDL

BDL

Chromium (ng/cig)

NQ

NQ

Nickel (ng/cig)

NQ

NQ

Arsenic (ng/cig)

BDL

BDL

Selenium (ng/cig)

BDL

BDL

NO (μg/cig)

2064 ± 62

883 ± 101

NNN (ng/cig)

89.9 ± 11.1

23.5 ± 1.3

NAT (ng/cig)

30.3 ± 3.7

15.1 ± 0.8

NAB (ng/cig)

9.8 ± 0.6

3.2 ± 0.3

NNK (ng/cig)

149.3 ± 8.9

73.3 ± 3.9

Pyridine (μg/cig)

269.9 ± 10.7

131.2 ± 7.7

Quinoline (μg/cig)

11.7 ± 0.4

5.8 ± 0.4

Styrene (μg/cig)

94.7 ± 6.4

48.7 ± 5.2

Hydroquinone (μg/cig)

93.5 ± 11.6

61.7 ± 2.6

Resorcinol (μg/cig)

BDL

BDL

Catechol (μg/cig)

71.1 ± 7.4

66.5 ± 4.4

Phenol (μg/cig)

225.6 ± 10.5

130.8 ± 6.2

m + p cresol (μg/cig)

73.6 ± 3.2

45.5 ± 3.0

o-cresol (μg/cig)

35.5 ± 1.5

23.5 ± 1.8

1,3-butadiene (μg/cig)

412 ± 40

261 ± 21

Isoprene (μg/cig)

3041 ± 248

1788 ± 116

Acrylonitrile (μg/cig)

119.7 ± 15.9

50.3 ± 8.0

Benzene (μg/cig)

281 ± 26

172 ± 19

Toluene (μg/cig)

558 ± 33

312 ± 28

NFDPM (mg/cig)

21.0 ± 1.4

16.5 ± 0.6

Nicotine (mg/cig)

4.01 ± 0.14

3.13 ± 0.14

CO (mg/cig)

40.0 ± 3.4

25.5 ± 2.9

CO2 (mg/cig)

305 ± 26

196 ± 11

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