HPHC Testing of Tobacco and Smoke to Examine Cigarette Temporal Variability
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15 août 2022
À propos de cet article
Publié en ligne: 15 août 2022
Pages: 112 - 126
Reçu: 19 déc. 2021
Accepté: 24 mai 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cttr-2022-0012
Mots clés
© 2022 Rana Tayyarah et al., published by Sciendo
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Figure 2

Product 2 CO yields from non-intense smoking for long-term variability testing as an illustration of interactive effects among laboratories and of the magnitude of differences that may be expected from testing multiple batches of the same product in different laboratories using standardized methodology_
Product 2 Non-intense CO (mg/cig) |
Product range | Laboratory range | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Batch | % | % | |||
Lab | B3 | G | H | – | – |
1 | 4.41 | 4.11 | 4.64 | – | – |
4 | 3.85 | 3.70 | 3.87 | – | – |
5 | 3.56 | 3.64 | 3.48 | – | – |
6 | 4.70 | 4.59 | 4.87 | – | – |
7 | 3.92 | 3.75 | 4.44 | – | – |
8 | 4.00 | 3.75 | 4.43 | – | – |
9 | 3.62 | 3.16 | 3.92 | – | – |
10 | 3.53 | 3.70 | 3.50 | – | – |
11 | 4.14 | 4.02 | 4.66 | – | – |
Average | 3.97 | 3.82 | 4.20 | 9.4 | 29.0 |
Relative range (%) among time point for each product sample for select parameters and constituents_
Sample | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Timepoint | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 3R4F | |
Physical parameters | ||||||||||
Cigarette weight as-is (mg/cig) | Short | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.9% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.6% | NC |
Medium | 1.3% |
1.7% |
1.2% |
1.4% |
NC | 1.6% |
0.9% |
2.6% |
0.2% | |
Long | 3.4% |
0.3% | 0.4% | 1.9% |
0.7% | 3.2% |
3.8% | 1.1% | 0.4% | |
Filter tip ventilation (%) | Short | 3.4% |
6.0% |
0.1% | 8.4% |
0.9% | 19.7% |
1.3% | 0.9% | NC |
Medium | 1.8% |
8% |
0.4% |
8.2% |
NC | 27.1% |
5.5% |
5.0% |
2.4% | |
Long | 10.4% |
8.6% | 0.1% | 9.0% |
2.8% | 14.0% |
0.7% | 1.2% | 6.6% | |
Tobacco constituents | ||||||||||
NNN (ng/g) | Short | 1.4% | 7.4% | 11.9% | 3.1% | 3.0% | 6.5% | 14.7% |
27.1% |
3.8% |
Medium | 41.9% |
31.4% |
51% |
14.6% |
29.4% |
34.5% |
30.5% |
81.5% |
2.8% | |
Long | 34.0% |
31.5% |
NCS |
2.3% | 13.8% |
28.1% |
NCS | 57.2% |
3.2% | |
NNK (ng/g) | Short | 8.1% | 24.7% |
8.1% | 12.6% |
10.3% | 2.0% | 15.4% |
32.9% |
3.3% |
Medium | 62.1% |
53.5% |
47.4% |
7.5% | 37.8% |
33.9% |
28.2% |
58.9% |
9.2% | |
Long | 34.7% |
20.9% | NCS | 6.4% | 36.0% | 21.4% | NCS | 54.4% | 8.9% |
|
Nicotine (μg/g) | Short | 2.2% |
1.0% | 4.8% |
3.1% |
1.0% | 4.8% |
2.1% |
3.9% |
0.4% |
Medium | 9.8% |
13.8% |
4.1% |
3.7% |
5.2% |
5.2% |
3.9% |
8.6% |
1.7% |
|
Long | 8.3% |
5.6% |
14.0% |
2.5% |
2.8% |
4.4% |
0.3% | 7.6% |
0.1% | |
Ammonia (μg/g) | Short | 6.7% |
7.5% |
9.4% |
6.7% |
1.5% | 0.9% | 34.4% |
12.8% |
3.1% |
Medium | 11.6% |
15.0% |
63.7% |
8.6% |
21.1% |
11.0% |
66.5% |
10.3% |
4.8% |
|
Long | 12.5% |
2.1% | NCS | 24.6% |
10.6% |
10.4% |
NCS | 17.2% |
1.0% | |
Smoke constituent – Non-intense regime | ||||||||||
Ammonia (μg/cig) | Short | 0.9% | < LOQ | 2.3% | 8.3% | 2.6% | < LOQ | 8.7% | 2.1% | 5.3% |
Medium | 18.8% |
< LOQ | 5.5% | 5.0% | 28.3% |
< LOQ | 17.7% | 19.2% | 6.0% | |
Long | 14.7% | 8.8% | NCS | 7.4% | 21.5% | < LOQ | NCS | 7.5% | 9.2% | |
Acetaldehyde (μg/cig) | Short | 5.0% | 9.5% | 2.4% | 6.5% | 6.9% |
51.1% |
5.1% | 7.4% | 6.8% |
Medium | 11.3% | 11.4% | 6.5% | 9.3% |
3.2% | 67.3% |
3.9% | 13.2% |
11.6% |
|
Long | 12.4% |
7.0% | 0.5% | 5.7% | 3.6% | 21.6% | 0.7% | 2.5% | 3.3% | |
Total HCN (μg/cig) | Short | 5.8% | 8.5% | 2.9% | 15.9% |
17.9% |
< LOQ | 15.7% |
16.5% | 4.5% |
Medium | 15.9% |
22.9% | 8.0% | 8.1% | 9.4% |
< LOQ | 30.1% |
16.4% |
7.7% | |
Long | 20.5% |
31.0% | NCS | 13.3% | 15.3% | < LOQ | NCS | 6.0% | 12.1% | |
4-Aminobiphenyl (ng/cig) | Short | 3.2% | 5.5% |
3.6% | 2.8% | 2.0% | 17.6% |
4.9% | 1.1% | 4.5% |
Medium | 4.5% | 2.4% | 4.5% | 6.5% | 6.4% |
51.3% |
20.1% |
5.3% | 5.4% | |
Long | 7.4% | 6.4% | NCS | 11.4% |
2.6% | 16.9% |
NCS | 5.2% | 3.9% | |
BaP (ng/cig) | Short | 2.2% | 3.0% | 1.7% | 0.3% | 1.9% | 4.2% | 2.2% | 2.6% | 1.1% |
Medium | 4.1% | 3.6% | 2.3% | 4.0% | 6.1% |
10.4% | 2.2% | 4.3% | 1.6% | |
Long | 8.1% | 6.9% | 3.9% | NC | 6.3% | 29.9% |
7.5% | 3.5% | 1.7% | |
NNN (ng/cig) | Short | 13.4% | 14.3% |
9.7% | 4.0% | 11.3% | 27.1% |
15.6% | 13.1% | 2.9% |
Medium | 36.9% |
11.9% | 21.9% | 5.7% | 8.4% | 54.9% |
51.3% |
44.7% |
16.5% | |
Long | 33.1% |
51.7% |
NCS | 0.7% | 12.4% | 25% |
NCS | 45.9% |
10.8% | |
NNK (ng/cig) | Short | 18.0% | 14.1% |
8.2% | 8.0% | 9.9% | 40.2% |
12.0% | 26.8% | 4.0% |
Medium | 44.6% |
31.7% | 25.1% | 11.6% |
17.6% | 62.9% |
34.4% | 36% |
12.6% | |
Long | 28.1% |
47.7% |
NCS | 3.4% | 12.2% | 34.0% | NCS | 32.9% |
12.7% |
|
Benzene (μg/cig) | Short | 6.4% | 16.2% |
2.8% | 3.9% | 2.9% | 23% |
3.7% | 4.4% | 1.3% |
Medium | 13% |
19% |
6.2% | 6.2% | 7.7% | 81.8% |
11.5% |
9.0% | 10.6% |
|
Long | 14.5% |
8.7% |
NCS | 0.3% | 1.7% | 28.1% |
NCS | 6.5% | 4.1% | |
Smoke constituent - Intense regime | ||||||||||
Ammonia (μg/cig) | Short | 10.6% | 9.9% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 7.2% | 3.7% | 13.4% |
5.9% | 7.2% |
Medium | 19.0% | 47.6% | 22.8% | 12.8% | 30.5% |
7.3% | 45.2% |
15.2% | 14.1% | |
Long | 1.6% | 9% |
NCS | 1.9% | 22.9% |
11.0% | NCS | 3.0% | 7.7% | |
Acetaldehyde (μg/cig) | Short | 1.7% | 2.6% | 3.5% | 3.3% | 1.8% | 2.7% | 4.9% | 3.0% | 1.4% |
Medium | 2.7% | 5.5% | 6.0% | 4.9% | 8.9% |
6.7% | 6.9% | 4.7% | 3.5% | |
Long | 2.4% | 3.8% | 1.0% | 2.9% | 9.4% |
3.9% | 10.8% |
0.5% | 0.4% | |
Total HCN (μg/cig) | Short | 5.8% | 5.2% | 7.4% | 1.4% | 9.6% | 4.2% | 1.2% | 13.6% | 4.7% |
Medium | 6.1% | 15.6% |
9.2% | 2.9% | 9.5% | 8.9% | 19.2% |
15.8% |
7.5% | |
Long | 13.4% |
10.5% |
NCS | 10.8% | 9.4% | 4.7% | NCS | 13.0% | 2.8% | |
4-Aminobiphenyl (ng/cig) | Short | 3.9% | 3.2% | 2.0% | 4.8% | 0.7% | 0.4% | 1.7% | 4.7% | 2.4% |
Medium | 10.9% | 14.3% |
4.7% | 4.1% | 8.8% |
5.2% | 17.3% |
5.1% | 4.6% | |
Long | 10.5% | 9.2% | NCS | 6.8% |
13.7% | 9.6% |
NCS | 4.9% | 7.2% | |
BaP (ng/cig) | Short | 2.2% | 2.9% | 2.8% | 2.1% | 1.8% | 0.4% | 3.8% | 3.1% | 2.3% |
Medium | 3.7% | 3.6% | 7.2% |
2.1% | 5.6% | 2.5% | 4.4% | 7.3% | 6.1% |
|
Long | 5.4% | 5.4% | 2.5% | NC | 7.9% | 2.5% | 8.5% | 5.5% | 1.4% | |
NNN (ng/cig) | Short | 1.2% | 17.3% |
19.2% |
18.9% |
5.3% | 3.5% | 10.5% | 10.1% | 4.3% |
Medium | 37.2% |
26.6% |
62.6% |
4.6% | 20.9% | 23.7% |
13.9% | 52.9% |
10.3% | |
Long | 22.9% | 52.9% |
NCS | 5.5% | 10.6% | 30.5% |
NCS | 40.6% |
12.5% | |
NNK (ng/cig) | Short | 6.6% | 2.3% | 14.8% | 9.2% | 11.1% | 15.8% | 21.3% |
21.6% |
5.7% |
Medium | 34.5% |
41.8% |
18.7% |
8.5% | 16.3% | 25.8% |
33.6% | 26.2% |
12.5% | |
Long | 26.9% | 49.5% |
NCS | 6.6% | 25.4% |
11.8% | NCS | 26.6% |
12.0% | |
Benzene (μg/cig) | Short | 5.0% | 2.3% | 8.5% | 3.4% | 6.2% | 4.7% | 10.5% |
5.0% | 2.3% |
Medium | 4.2% | 5.0% | 5.1% | 3.9% | 4.3% | 4.7% | 9.5% |
7.0% | 2.4% | |
Long | 3.7% | 5.1% | NCS | 2.3% | 1.5% | 1.3% | NCS | 3.2% | 4.9% |
Study design and batch designations_
Batch designation Study phase | A | B1, B2, B3 |
C | D | E | F | G | H |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Phase 1 | Week 1 | Week 1 | Week 1 | |||||
Short-term | shift 1 | shift 2 | shift 3 | |||||
Phase 2 | Year 1 | Year 1 | Year 1 | Year 1 | ||||
Medium-term | quarter 1 | quarter 2 | quarter 3 | quarter 4 | ||||
Phase 3 | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | |||||
Long-term |
Sample descriptions_
Sample code | Blend | ~Non-intense “tar” | Comment |
---|---|---|---|
1 | American | 10 mg | – |
2 | American | 3 mg | Charcoal filter |
3 | Virginia | 10 mg | – |
4 | American | 10 mg | – |
5 |
NA | NA | Withdrawn |
6 | American | 14 mg | – |
7 | American | 1 mg | – |
8 | Virginia | 8 mg | – |
9 | American | 7 mg | |
10 (3R4F) | American | 8 mg | Single batch study reference |
11 (1R6F) | American | 8 mg | Informational |