<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A study was made of the effect of the puff profile on yield and composition of the mainstream smoke of cigarettes smoked on a RM 20/68 smoking machine producing three different puff profiles (square-shaped profile, early peak and late peak profiles). The smoke was precipitated in an electrostatic trap. Crude condensate, dry condensate, smoke nicotine, phenols, puff number, and draw resistance were determined. Significant differences were found between the dry condensate yields of two puff profiles and between the nicotine and phenol yields of all the three puff profiles. </p></abstract>

A study was made of the effect of the puff profile on yield and composition of the mainstream smoke of cigarettes smoked on a RM 20/68 smoking machine producing three different puff profiles (square-shaped profile, early peak and late peak profiles). The smoke was precipitated in an electrostatic trap. Crude condensate, dry condensate, smoke nicotine, phenols, puff number, and draw resistance were determined. Significant differences were found between the dry condensate yields of two puff profiles and between the nicotine and phenol yields of all the three puff profiles.

The Effect of Different Puff Profiles on Yield and Composition of Mainstream Smoke of Cigarettes Smoked on a Smoking Machine/Einfluss verschiedener Zugvolumenprofile auf Ausbeute und Zusammensetzung des Rauches beim maschinellen Abrauchen von Cigaretten

BAT Cigaretten-Fabriken GmbH, Forschung und Entwicklung, Hamburg, Germany

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A study was made of the effect of the puff profile on yield and composition of the mainstream smoke of cigarettes smoked on a RM 20/68 smoking machine...

The Effect of Different Puff Profiles on Yield and Composition of Mainstream Smoke of Cigarettes Smoked on a Smoking Machine/Einfluss verschiedener Zugvolumenprofile auf Ausbeute und Zusammensetzung des Rauches beim maschinellen Abrauchen von Cigaretten

Published Online: Jul 19, 2014

Page range: 7 - 11

Received: Apr 05, 1971

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cttr-2013-0259

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