<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Cigarettes labelled with dotriacontane-16,17-<sup>14</sup> were smoked and the maximum conversions of dotriacontane to benzo[a]pyrene calculated. The maximum conversions are discussed in light of the known tobacco information showing that naturally occurring dotriacontane can contribute only 1/1500 of the total benzo[a]pyrene content of mainstream smoke and 1/4200 of the total sidestream smoke benzo[a]pyrene. The results of this study reveal that the dotriacontane naturally present in an average cigarette cannot be, in any normal definition of the word, a meaningful precursor to the B[a]P content of cigarette smoke</p></abstract>

Cigarettes labelled with dotriacontane-16,17-14 were smoked and the maximum conversions of dotriacontane to benzo[a]pyrene calculated. The maximum conversions are discussed in light of the known tobacco information showing that naturally occurring dotriacontane can contribute only 1/1500 of the total benzo[a]pyrene content of mainstream smoke and 1/4200 of the total sidestream smoke benzo[a]pyrene. The results of this study reveal that the dotriacontane naturally present in an average cigarette cannot be, in any normal definition of the word, a meaningful precursor to the B[a]P content of cigarette smoke

Cigarette Smoke Formation Studies. III. The Contribution of Dotriacontane to the Benzo[a]pyrene Content of Smoke

Philip Morris USA, Research Center, Richmond, Virginia, USA

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Cigarettes labelled with dotriacontane-16,17-14 were smoked and the maximum conversions of dotriacontane to benzo[a]pyrene calculated. The maximum conversions...

Cigarette Smoke Formation Studies. III. The Contribution of Dotriacontane to the Benzo[a]pyrene Content of Smoke

Published Online: Jul 26, 2014

Page range: 154 - 157

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cttr-2013-0324

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