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<p>Cigarettes made from flue-cured tobacco, treated with different amounts of chlorpyrifos, were smoked according to Federal Trade Commission specifications, and the chlorpyrifos levels in the butts, various ashes, and mainstream and sidestream smokes were determined. Of all the chlorpyrifos in a cigarette, 28 % to 29.5 % was left in the butts, 13.5 % to 15 % and 2.0 % to 4.6 % were transferred into mainstream and sidestream smokes, respectively, and about 52 % to 55 % was either combusted or decomposed into unknown fragments. The various ashes did not show any detectable amount of chlorpyrifos.</p>
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Cigarettes made from flue-cured tobacco, treated with different amounts of chlorpyrifos, were smoked according to Federal Trade Commission specifications, and the chlorpyrifos levels in the butts, various ashes, and mainstream and sidestream smokes were determined. Of all the chlorpyrifos in a cigarette, 28 % to 29.5 % was left in the butts, 13.5 % to 15 % and 2.0 % to 4.6 % were transferred into mainstream and sidestream smokes, respectively, and about 52 % to 55 % was either combusted or decomposed into unknown fragments. The various ashes did not show any detectable amount of chlorpyrifos.

The Fate of Chlorpyrifos on Tobacco during Smoking

Tobacco and Pesticide Research Laboratory

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

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Cigarettes made from flue-cured tobacco, treated with different amounts of chlorpyrifos, were smoked according to Federal Trade Commission specifications, and...

The Fate of Chlorpyrifos on Tobacco during Smoking

Published Online: Jan 06, 2015

Page range: 387 - 391

Received: Jul 09, 1986

Accepted: Feb 08, 1989

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cttr-2013-0614

© 1990 Beiträge zur Tabakforschung International

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.