Pr. Nelson et al., COMPOSITION OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO-SMOKE (ETS) FROM INTERNATIONAL CIGARETTES AND DETERMINATION OF ETS-RSP - PARTICULATE MARKER RATIOS, Environment international, 23(1), 1997, pp. 47-52
A survey of the environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) generated by cigaret
tes from 11 countries was performed. The countries included: the Czech
Republic, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Malaysia, Portugal, Spai
n, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. The six leading brand s
tyles from each country were smoked in an environmental test chamber.
Concentration of the gas phase ETS components CO, NO, NO,, nicotine, 3
-ethenylpyridine, myosmine, and total volatile organic compounds (TVOC
) were measured. Particle mass concentrations were also measured along
with the particulate phase markers: ultraviolet particulate matter (U
VPM), fluorescent particulate matter (FPM), and solanesol. Qualitative
ly, the ETS generated by simultaneously smoking the six leading cigare
ttes did not differ greatly among countries. Apportionment factors for
the particulate markers were determined for each country. Ratios of g
ravimetrically determined respirable suspended particles (RSP) to the
surrogate standard concentrations for UVPM and FPM averaged 8.2 and 45
, respectively. The average ratio of respirable suspended particles (R
SP) to solanesol was 43. Copyright (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.