Particulate matter in second-hand smoke emitted from different cigarette sizes and types of the brand vogue mainly smoked by women

  • Abstract Indoor air pollution with harmful particulate matter (PM) is mainly caused by cigarette smoke. Super-Slim-Size-Cigarettes (SSL) are considered a less harmful alternative to King-Size-Cigarettes (KSC) due to longer filters and relatively low contents. We ask if “Combined Mainstream and Sidestream Smoke” (CMSS)-associated PM levels of SSL are lower than of KSC and thus are potentially less harmful. PM concentrations in CMSS (PM10, PM2.5, and PM1) are measured from four cigarette types of the brand Vogue, using an “automatic-environmental-tobacco-smoke-emitter” (AETSE) and laser aerosol spectrometry: SSL-BLEUE, -MENTHE, -LILAS and KSC-La Cigarette and -3R4F reference. This analysis shows that SSL MENTHE emitted the highest amount of PM, and KSC-La Cigarette the lowest. 3R4F reference emitted PM in the middle range, exceeding SSL BLEUE and falling slightly below SSL LILAS. It emerged that PM1 constituted the biggest proportion of PM emission. The outcome shows significant type-specific differences for emitted PM concentrations. Our results indicate that SSL are potentially more harmful for passive smokers than the respective KSC. However, this study cannot give precise statements about the general influence of the size of a cigarette on PM. Alarming is that PM1 is responsible for the biggest proportion of PM pollution, since smaller particles cause more harmful effects.

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Author:Nora Kant, Ruth MüllerORCiD, Markus BraunORCiD, Alexander Gerber, Jan David Alexander GronebergORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-439707
DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13080799
ISSN:1661-7827
ISSN:1660-4601
Pubmed Id:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27509517
Parent Title (English):International journal of environmental research and public health
Publisher:MDPI AG
Place of publication:Basel
Contributor(s):Paul B. Tchounwou
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2017/08/14
Year of first Publication:2016
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2017/08/14
Tag:automatic environmental tobacco smoke emitter; environmental tobacco smoke; menthol; particulate matter; size of cigarettes
Volume:13
Issue:8, Art. 799
Page Number:10
First Page:1
Last Page:10
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© 2016 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
HeBIS-PPN:421416300
Institutes:Biochemie, Chemie und Pharmazie / Biochemie und Chemie
Medizin / Medizin
Dewey Decimal Classification:6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Open-Access-Publikationsfonds:Medizin
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