Cigarette mainstream smoke (MS) is a dynamic aerosol system consisting of gases, vapours and suspended particulate materials (PM) containing more than 6,000 chemical substances (1, 2). Long-term repeated inhalation of cigarette smoke is a cause of morbidity and mortality among smokers (3, 4), and it is widely held that disease risks associated with smoking are the consequence of repeated lung exposure to cigarette smoke toxicants. More than 150 toxicants have been identified in cigarette smoke (5), and over the past 50 years a significant body of work has attempted to understand the contribution of individual toxicants to the risks of smoking-related diseases (5, 6). Regulatory bodies such as the Food and Drug Administration's Tobacco Product Scientific Advisory Committee (TPSAC) have prioritised over 90 Harmful or Potentially Harmful Constituents in tobacco and smoke (7), while the WHO Study Group on Tobacco Product Regulation (TobReg) identified a priority list of 18 compounds recommended for regulation (8,9,10).
Central to these lists are four toxic, carcinogenic or potentially carcinogenic aliphatic aldehydes, formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, acrolein and crotonaldehyde (Table 1). Formaldehyde is an International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Group 1 human carcinogen (11), and its formation in burning cigarettes has been studied extensively (12,13,14). Formaldehyde is present in cigarette smoke at relatively similar concentrations to acrolein and crotonaldehyde; however, acetaldehyde is present at substantially higher levels (2). In cigarette MS the aldehydes are partitioned to varying degrees between the gas and particulate phases. Acetaldehyde and crotonaldehyde are almost entirely present in the gas-phase (15, 16).
Summary of physical properties of selected carbonyls in cigarette smoke.
Property | Compound | |||
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Formaldehyde | Acetaldehyde | Acrolein | Crotonaldehyde | |
Formula | HCHO | CH3CHO | CH2 = CHCHO | CH3CH = CHCHO |
Boiling point (K) | 254 | 293 | 326 | 377 |
ISO emissions from KY3R4F (mg/cigarette) | 21.5 ± 7.8 (37) | 540 ± 135 (37) | 49 ± 14 (37) | 13 ± 5 (37) |
Proportion in particulate phase of mainstream smoke | 32% (15, 16) | 2% (15) | 0% (17, 57) | 7% (56) |
2% (56) | ||||
7% (15) | ||||
33% (60) | ||||
Total retention on cigarette smoke inhalation | 95–99% (61) | 94–95% (62,19) | > 97% (61) | |
70–97% (19) | ||||
97% (61), | ||||
98% (61) | ||||
99% (63,64) | ||||
Mouth retention from cigarette smoke | - | 30–60% (19) | 72% of 97% total retention (19) | - |
Predicted main deposition regions in the respiratory tract | Mouth and oropharyngeal/laryngeal (21) | Mouth and oropharyngeal/laryngeal (21) | Mouth and oropharyngeal/laryngeal (21) | - |
Trachea (22) | Deposition past generation 8 (22) | Deposition past generation 8 (22) | ||
Toxicity | IARC Group 1 human carcinogen (11) | IARC Group 2B (58, 59) | Inflammatory and cytotoxic effects (2, 65) | Mutagenic and carcinogenic (55) |
The partitioning of acrolein has been subject to some degree of uncertainty, with estimates ranging from 0 to 33% (Table 1). S
Distributions of volatile cigarette smoke components between the gaseous and particulate phases (G/P partitioning) can impact deposition sites in the respiratory tract due to potential changes in compound volatility (23). Significant G/P partitioning of a compound in an aerosol could substantially modify its deposition properties from that of the compound in air. Establishing the G/P properties of carbonyls in cigarette smoke is therefore an important contribution to understanding their potential roles in the development of smoking-related diseases. Interestingly, with regards to G/P partitioning in cigarette smoke, the behaviour of formaldehyde seems similar to that of nicotine, with both compounds existing in equilibrated states between less volatile chemically-bound states in the particulate phase (hydrated formaldehyde, and nicotine salts) and more volatile unbound forms (formaldehyde and unprotonated nicotine) that will to greater or lesser degree exist in the gas-phase.
The diffusion denuder method is often used for studying G/P partitioning in flowing aerosols, including MS. A cylindrical denuder is a long tube, the inner surface of which is covered with an active collection layer, termed a ‘sink wall’. When an aerosol is passed through the tube under laminar flow conditions, gas molecules diffuse to the wall, where they are irreversibly removed from the gas-phase, whereas the particulates, which have much lower diffusion coefficients, travel through and exit the tube, generally to be captured on a filter. Principles of operation and applications of the diffusion denuder method have been reviewed by A
Denuder approaches have also been widely applied to sample and determine carbonyls, for instance from ambient air and automotive exhausts and stack gases (30,31,32,33,34,35). However, to our knowledge, no smoking or smoking-related denuder studies with aldehydes have been reported so far. We have previously developed a diffusion denuder method to study G/P partitioning of nicotine in MS (25), and in this study have adapted this apparatus to examine G/P kinetics of carbonyls in cigarette smoke. The most important prerequisites for quantitative operation of a denuder tube are the flow, which must be laminar, and the collection efficiency of the wall coating, which must be close to 100%. Collection of carbonyls from cigarette smoke is usually achieved through derivatisation with 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine (DNPH) forming the corresponding hydrazone (36). This method has been the most frequently applied analytical tool for the determination of aldehydes and ketones (37,38,39), and it was our method of choice.
Our investigations showed that fundamental denuder studies with aldehyde and air gas mixtures were necessary prior to commencing the smoking experiments with cigarettes. Additionally, quantitative denuder results could only be obtained for formaldehyde among the cigarette-smoke carbonyls studied. Therefore, the present study has addressed two main issues: optimisation of the denuder method for measuring formaldehyde, and application of the method in smoking experiments to assess the temperature dependence of formaldehyde G/P partitioning in cigarette MS.
Aldehyde-air gas mixtures for denuder studies were prepared in the concentration ranges that were expected to occur in MS, based on published data (37) and our own preliminary smoking experiments.
During preparation of aldehyde-air gas mixtures, a 10-L Pyrex® bulb was used. Acetaldehyde, acrolein and crotonaldehyde were each measured into an evacuated bulb by monitoring pressure.
A few microlitres of formalin were injected in the evacuated bulb and the solution was allowed to evaporate. Finally, the bulb was filled up to 1 bar total pressure with synthetic air at the required relative humidity (RH, 60% or 0%). The water content of the mixture arising from the formalin sample was negligible compared with the RH of the buffer air gas, even in the case of 0% RH formaldehyde-air gas mixtures. The gases mixed for at least 6 h prior to use.
An alternative, ‘diffusion gas’, approach was used for the preparation of formaldehyde-air mixtures, as shown in Figure 1. A stream of synthetic air with a high flow rate and controlled RH enters the apparatus and passes through the upper part of a diffusion vial (‘diffuser’) containing ~35% (
Figure 1

The experimental apparatus used as the basis for this denuder study has been described previously (25). We modified this apparatus slightly to optimize it for the study of aldehydes (Figure 2). In brief, the heart of the apparatus is the vertically positioned diffusion denuder tube made of thin-walled Pyrex®, with an internal diameter of 0.80 cm and length of 150.0 cm (our standard measurements) and coated internally with DNPH. The denuder tube temperature is regulated to within ± 0.2 K at each of the experimental temperatures of 298–323 K. The lower end of the denuder tube is attached to a Cambridge filter pad (CFP) for the collection of smoke particles leaving the denuder. The exit gases are passed through two impingers, filled with DNPH acetonitrile solution.
Figure 2

The air flows and the required volumetric flow rate (
This was conducted by applying multiple layers of DNPH from acetonitrile solution as detailed in the Supplementary Information.
Denuder experiments were carried out by continuously drawing aldehyde-air gas mixtures or cigarette MS through the denuder tube coated with DNPH, from which particles were collected on a CFP and two impingers in series (Figure 2). The CFP was impregnated with 0.25 g of DNPH, 10 mL of CH3CN and 0.2 mL of 85% H3PO4 solution and the impingers were filled with an acidic solution of DNPH (20 mL of acetonitrile, 0.2 mL of phosphoric acid (85%) and 0.05 g of DNPH). Tip-ventilated Kentucky 3R4F reference cigarettes were used in the smoking experiments. Sample cigarettes were conditioned for 4–8 days at 298 K and 60% RH. Cigarettes were smoked vertically (Figure 2) using a continuous draw process, as described previously (25). Only the first 2 cm of each cigarette was sampled to minimize variations in the MS temperature and humidity when entering the denuder tube, consistent with a continuous sampling time of approximately 120 s.
After sampling, the denuder tube was cut into 5-cm sections. The aldehyde hydrazone derivatives deposited in each 5-cm section, and collected by the Cambridge filter and impingers, were determined by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Coatings from the 5-cm denuder segments were dissolved in 2 mL of CH3CN and the Cambridge filter was extracted by 20 mL of CH3CN. At least three replicates of denuder runs were made for each experimental condition (e.g., at least three cigarettes were smoked at each given temperature and RH and
To measure aldehydes in DNPH hydrazone derivatives, an automated Agilent 1200 HPLC apparatus (Santa Clara, CA, USA) equipped with a Phenomenex LUNA C18 column (Phenomenex, Macclesfield, UK); dimensions: particle size, 5 μm; length, 250 mm; internal diameter, 4.6 mm. The column was kept at 313 K; the flow rate of the mobile phase was 1.5 mL min−1. Detection was achieved by ultraviolet absorption at λ = 360 nm. Calibrations were carried out with a TO11/IP-6A Aldehydes/Ketone-DNPH calibration standard (Sigma-Aldrich, Gillingham, UK) that contained hydrazones of 15 carbonyls in acetonitrile solution.
Two gradient elution methods were used for the analyses. The HPLC protocol described by R
Full details of all materials and reagents are provided in the Supplementary Information.
We report the findings of denuder experiments with air mixtures of four aldehydes (formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, acrolein and crotonaldehyde), optimisation of the denuder method for formaldehyde, and measurements of the G/P partitioning of formaldehyde in cigarette smoke.
Aldehyde-air gas mixtures were prepared either with RH of 60% or 0% (dry synthetic air). Standard denuder tubes, fully coated with DNPH, were used at a denuder temperature of 298 (± 1) K. The sampling flow rate and time were
Measurement of DNPH hydrazine derivatives indicated that depletions of acetaldehyde, acrolein and crotonaldehyde along the denuder tubes are significantly faster with 60% than 0% RH mixtures (Figure 3).
Figure 3

Acetaldehyde showed hardly any depletion with the dry air mixture and even some initial reformation of the DNPH hydrazone seemed to occur. These observations indicate a strong humidity dependence of the heterogeneous DNPH(s) + aldehyde(g) → hydrazone(s) reactions. In support, measurement with dry aldehyde mixtures returned a poor mass balance: all three aldehydes gave ~35% with the 0%-RH mixture versus ~75% obtained with 60% RH. The best denuder performance was found for formaldehyde (Figure 3), although there was a sensitivity of depletion rate to humidity, the mass balance was independent of RH at ~85%.
A prerequisite for the quantitative operation of the diffusion denuder method is the fast reaction of the gaseous component of the aerosol on the surface of the denuder tube (i.e., a perfect sink wall). Ideally, the denuder depletion curves for formaldehyde from the formaldehyde-air mixtures should not depend on volumetric air flow, RH and temperature. Owing to the good results for formaldehyde and to obtain quantitative results for the G/P partitioning of formaldehyde in MS, we investigated whether these operational parameters affect results.
The following parameter variations were applied:
Denuder depletion data for formaldehyde at different flow rates are presented in Figure 4. The rate of formaldehyde depletion along the denuder was significantly dependent on the flow rate of the formaldehyde-air flow; contact time and denuder efficiency increased with slowing air flow. The difference is substantial between the fastest and slowest air flows, but differences were smaller at slower flows.
Figure 4

The best denuder performance was found at
As noted above, denuder depletion slopes were faster at higher RHs (Figure 5), implying that the rate of sink wall reaction between formaldehyde and DNPH coating increases with higher water concentration in the gas stream. Increasing RH at low RH values strongly enhanced efficiency of denuder trapping, although differences between curves became smaller once RH reached 20%. This RH may be regarded as a lower limit for denuder determination of formaldehyde in smoking studies, since the burning process of the cigarette produces combustion water in the ingoing smoke stream.
Figure 5

Temperature had little to no effect on depletion of formaldehyde along the denuder tube (Figure 6). The denuder depletion curves seem to indicate a slight negative temperature dependence of the rate of the gas-solid reaction of formaldehyde with DNPH. However, the observation could also be explained by changes in the linear flow rate with temperature. Flow rate is lower at lower temperatures, which produces an increase in wall-gas contact time and a consequent higher wall-capture efficiency.
Figure 6

For our experimental conditions with formaldehyde, the G
When the only fitting parameter was the diffusion coefficient of formaldehyde, the GK fitting procedure provided a very poor description of the experimental data (Table 2), giving an estimation of formaldehyde's diffusion coefficient around three to five times smaller than in the literature value. This might be because the formaldehyde mass is underestimated in the first segment of the denuder tube due to saturation effects and/or flow was not fully laminar in the entrance portion of the tube. With the use of two parameters (
Summary of G
Effect of flow rate (temperature = 298 K, RH 60%) | |||
1-parameter fit | 2-parameter fit | ||
200 | 0.035 ± 0.016 | 0.184 | 499 |
300 | 0.049 ± 0.015 | 0.186 | 125 |
400 | 0.060 ± 0.018 | 0.188 | 93 |
500 | 0.058 ± 0.014 | 0.127 | 33 |
600 | 0.064 ± 0.015 | 0.130 | 33 |
Effect of RH (temperature 298 = K, | |||
RH (%) | 1-parameter fit | 2-parameter fit | |
0 | 0.024 ± 0.004 | 0.042 | 11.9 |
10 | 0.041 ± 0.011 | 0.112 | 64.3 |
20 | 0.046 ± 0.015 | 0.162 | 92.8 |
60 | 0.049 ± 0.016 | 0.192 | 125.2 |
Effect of denuder temperature ( | |||
1-parameter fit | 2-parameter fit | ||
298 | 0.035 ± 0.031 | 0.189 | 499.2 |
310 | 0.035 ± 0.024 | 0.149 | 366.6 |
323 | 0.032 ± 0.021 | 0.128 | 176.5 |
The errors given are 2σ values and are those returned from the parameter estimations.
Similarly, for the effects of RH, the conclusions are very similar (but in the opposite direction) to those for flow rate (Table 2, Figure 5). For temperature, the single-parameter fits provide very low diffusion coefficients for formaldehyde, while with two-parameters, the estimated
G/P partitioning of formaldehyde in MS from Kentucky 3R4F reference cigarettes was assessed in DNPH-coated denuder tubes at temperatures of 298, 310, and 323 (± 1) K, 60% (± 1%) RH, and volumetric flow rate of
Based on the denuder behaviour of MS nicotine (25, 27, 29), double exponential depletion curves were anticipated for formaldehyde if ideal diffusion denuder operation was obtained and initial partitioning between phases was significant. Such a trend was observed with formaldehyde in 3R4F cigarette smoke (Figure 7). Importantly, deposition was much slower than found with formaldehyde vapour under the same conditions, where deposition was complete after formaldehyde traversed 20 cm of the denuder. With cigarette smoke, formaldehyde continued to deposit along the full 1.5 m length of the denuder, and a significant portion was trapped at the CFP and impinger placed after the denuder tube. This observation shows that formaldehyde in cigarette smoke is entrained within the aerosol to a significant degree, resulting in a significantly extended delivery than found with formaldehyde vapour alone.
Figure 7

Total masses of formaldehyde determined from denuder smoking experiments are presented in Table 3. Despite a directional decrease in total formaldehyde mass with increasing temperature, the three values are within 13% of the average value, indicating that the combustion processes of the cigarettes were not significantly influenced by the variation of the sampled air temperature in the denuder tube. As noted in the Introduction, to our knowledge, no denuder sampling study has been performed to determine aldehydes, but carbonyls are routinely quantified in cigarette smoke (37, 43,44,45). The values measured in our experiments are lower than those reported elsewhere as very different smoking protocols are used.
Overall formaldehyde masses determined for cigarette MS using the diffusion denuder method.
Formaldehyde mass (μg) | |||||
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Denuder, | Cambridge pad, | Impinger, | Total, | ||
298 | 1.00 ± 0.33 | 0.33 ± 0.37 | 1.54 ± 1.52 | 2.86 ± 2.02 | 35 ± 27% |
310 | 1.03 ± 0.35 | 0.58 ± 0.15 | 0.80 ± 0.29 | 2.42 ± 0.54 | 43 ± 17% |
323 | 1.43 ± 0.22 | 0.32 ± 0.004 | 0.58 ± 0.34 | 2.34 ± 0.79 | 61 ± 23% |
Average | 2.530 |
Abbreviations: mDL = formaldehyde mass deposited over the whole length of denuder tube; mC = formaldehyde mass determined in Cambridge filter pads; mI = formaldehyde mass determined in impingers; mΣ = total amount of formaldehyde, calculated as mDL + mC + mI; fDL = fraction of formaldehyde deposited over whole length of denuder tube, calculated as (mDL /mΣ) × 100. Data obtained by smoking 2 cm lengths of three 3R4F cigarettes.
In our study, the need for laminar flow meant that we drew continuously on the cigarette, sampling only 2 cm of the 5.7-cm length of the burnt cigarette, whereas the other studies cited used higher flow rate puffing approaches, taken under the ISO or Health Canada Intense puffing regimes (46, 47) to generate smoke, by sampling the entire cigarette.
At 298, 310, and 323 K, formaldehyde displayed a relatively high deposition close to the denuder inlet, which declined sharply further along the tube, demonstrating dynamic changes in G/P partitioning (Figure 8). A small but definite increase of denuded formaldehyde mass was seen at all distances with increasing denuder temperature (Figure 8). In accordance, the fraction of formaldehyde deposited over the total length of the denuder tube was roughly 35% at 298 K and around 61% at 323 K (Table 3). At each temperature, deposition of formaldehyde from cigarette smoke occurred over a longer denuder tube distance than found with formaldehyde vapour alone. The formaldehyde depletion data have been analysed by the preferred L
Figure 8

The L
In this model, the depletion of organics from cigarette MS in denuder tubes results from two processes: fast diffusion and deposition of the molecules in the gas-phase, and slower evaporation from aerosol particles with subsequent gaseous diffusion to the walls for deposition. L
Comparison of G/P partitioning for formaldehyde and nicotine determined from cigarette MS using the diffusion denuder method.
Formaldehyde fractiona | Nicotine fractionb | |||||
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L | L | Whole length of denuder tube | L | L | Whole length of denuder tube | |
298 | 5.6% | 0.49% | 35% | 1.3% | 0.09% | 6% |
310 | 7.3% | 0.69% | 43% | 3.0% | 0.5% | 21% |
323 | 11.6% | 1.33% | 61% | 5.7% | 2.5% | 53% |
Ratio of 323 to 298 K values | ||||||
2.10 | 2.71 | 1.74 | 4.5 | 27.8 | 8.83 |
a This work.
b Taken from Reference 25.
Supplementary Figure S3 shows that the L
In the current study, cigarette smoke formaldehyde concentrations showed dynamic changes along the denuder distance, similarly to those reported for nicotine (25). At room temperature, the initial gas-phase formaldehyde fraction of smoke obtained by the application of the theoretical model of L
The corresponding parameter for nicotine is around 0.09%. Therefore, both formaldehyde and nicotine in mainstream cigarette smoke exist predominantly in the particle-phase, and most deposition in the denuder tube is owing to evaporation from particles, subsequent gas-phase diffusion, and wall adsorption. Our results are in line with the previously reported findings that significant portions of formaldehyde (10, 15, 16, 44) and nicotine are found in the particle-phase of cigarette MS (15).
The evaporation-diffusion-deposition process for formaldehyde is more rapid than that for nicotine, as shown by the measured total denuded formaldehyde fraction at room temperature, which is significantly higher than that determined for nicotine (roughly 35% First, the evaporation rate of formaldehyde from cigarette MS particles is likely to exceed that of nicotine due to the significantly higher vapour pressure of formaldehyde (>105 Pa) in comparison to nicotine (5.7 Pa) at room temperature. Second, the chemical processes holding both species in cigarette smoke particles [Equation 1] are also likely to favour formaldehyde release over nicotine release. Formaldehyde in the presence of water is in equilibrium with methanediol, its hydrates and oligomers, whereas nicotine is in equilibrium with acidic species generated by burning tobacco. Due to its volatility, water will rapidly evaporate from cigarette smoke particles under our experimental conditions, driving the methanediol-formaldehyde equilibrium to generate higher levels of free formaldehyde in the smoke particles. In contrast, organic acids have relatively low volatilities compared to water. Third, the measured diffusion coefficient for formaldehyde is 2–3 times larger than that for nicotine.
The impact of temperature on G/P partitioning of the two species can be explained by use of the L
The importance of water in the G/P partitioning of cigarette smoke formaldehyde was observed by P
G/P partitioning of nicotine in cigarette MS shows a much stronger temperature dependence than formaldehyde. For instance, the initial gas-phase nicotine fraction estimated by the L
When considering the implications of these findings for formaldehyde exposure to the respiratory tract of smokers, caution must be exercised. The flowrates used in this study are considerably slower than those occurring on the inhalation step of cigarette puffing. However, what is clear is that cigarette smoke retains formaldehyde through chemical interactions within the particulate phase, leading to relatively slow formaldehyde release. Consequently, on the basis that chemical interactions of formaldehyde with particulate phase compounds in cigarette smoke are reversible (as indicated by our experimental denuder data), cigarette smoke will continue to generate formaldehyde further into the respiratory tract than would occur with formaldehyde vapour alone. It may therefore present a greater genotoxic risk to the deeper areas of the respiratory tract beyond airway generation 8, than predicted by formaldehyde vapour deposition. Other small aldehydes in cigarette smoke are significantly less retained in the particulate phase of smoke than formaldehyde and can be expected to deposit earlier in the respiratory tract than formaldehyde. Acetaldehyde has been reported to offer mouth-retention of up to 60% (19), and up to 72% of acrolein has been reported to be retained in-mouth; therefore, lower levels of mouth retention and greater levels of deeper respiratory tract retention can be expected with formaldehyde than other small aldehydes.
A diffusion denuder apparatus has been used to examine the gas-particle partitioning of toxic carbonyls in cigarette smoke. Initial experiments using mixtures of formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, acrolein and crotonaldehyde in air showed that the denuder system only offered acceptable performance with formaldehyde. Reactions of the other three carbonyls at the denuder surface was too slow under the experimental conditions to allow effective denuder operation. Experiments with cigarette smoke therefore focused only on formaldehyde.
Formaldehyde was partially entrained within cigarette smoke, such that formaldehyde was delivered much further along the denuding path than found with formaldehyde vapour alone with > 99% of the formaldehyde deposited in the denuder originating in the particulate phase of cigarette smoke. These observations are consistent with the operation of an equilibrium within cigarette smoke between formaldehyde and its less volatile hydrate, methanediol. Formaldehyde deposition from cigarette smoke was much higher than found with nicotine under the same conditions.
Gas/particulate partitioning of formaldehyde, which initially is predominantly in the particle-phase, has significant implications for regional dosimetry by lung-generation, owing to the potential for deeper airway penetration of particulate formaldehyde as compared with formaldehyde vapour alone. The aqueous-based retention of formaldehyde within the particle-phase may also explain constraints observed previously in removal of formaldehyde by selective filtration techniques.
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Overall formaldehyde masses determined for cigarette MS using the diffusion denuder method.
Formaldehyde mass (μg) | |||||
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Denuder, |
Cambridge pad, |
Impinger, |
Total, |
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298 | 1.00 ± 0.33 | 0.33 ± 0.37 | 1.54 ± 1.52 | 2.86 ± 2.02 | 35 ± 27% |
310 | 1.03 ± 0.35 | 0.58 ± 0.15 | 0.80 ± 0.29 | 2.42 ± 0.54 | 43 ± 17% |
323 | 1.43 ± 0.22 | 0.32 ± 0.004 | 0.58 ± 0.34 | 2.34 ± 0.79 | 61 ± 23% |
Average | 2.530 |
Summary of physical properties of selected carbonyls in cigarette smoke.
Property | Compound |
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Formaldehyde | Acetaldehyde | Acrolein | Crotonaldehyde | |
Formula | HCHO | CH3CHO | CH2 = CHCHO | CH3CH = CHCHO |
Boiling point (K) | 254 | 293 | 326 | 377 |
ISO emissions from KY3R4F (mg/cigarette) | 21.5 ± 7.8 ( |
540 ± 135 ( |
49 ± 14 ( |
13 ± 5 ( |
Proportion in particulate phase of mainstream smoke | 32% ( |
2% ( |
0% ( |
7% ( |
2% ( |
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7% ( |
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33% ( |
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Total retention on cigarette smoke inhalation | 95–99% ( |
94–95% ( |
> 97% ( |
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70–97% ( |
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97% ( |
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98% ( |
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99% ( |
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Mouth retention from cigarette smoke | - | 30–60% ( |
72% of 97% total retention ( |
- |
Predicted main deposition regions in the respiratory tract | Mouth and oropharyngeal/laryngeal ( |
Mouth and oropharyngeal/laryngeal ( |
Mouth and oropharyngeal/laryngeal ( |
- |
Trachea ( |
Deposition past generation 8 ( |
Deposition past generation 8 ( |
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Toxicity | IARC Group 1 human carcinogen ( |
IARC Group 2B ( |
Inflammatory and cytotoxic effects ( |
Mutagenic and carcinogenic ( |
Summary of Gormley-Kennedy analysis of formaldehyde denuder dataa.
Effect of flow rate (temperature = 298 K, RH 60%) | |||
1-parameter fit | 2-parameter fit | ||
200 | 0.035 ± 0.016 | 0.184 | 499 |
300 | 0.049 ± 0.015 | 0.186 | 125 |
400 | 0.060 ± 0.018 | 0.188 | 93 |
500 | 0.058 ± 0.014 | 0.127 | 33 |
600 | 0.064 ± 0.015 | 0.130 | 33 |
Effect of RH (temperature 298 = K, |
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RH (%) | 1-parameter fit | 2-parameter fit | |
0 | 0.024 ± 0.004 | 0.042 | 11.9 |
10 | 0.041 ± 0.011 | 0.112 | 64.3 |
20 | 0.046 ± 0.015 | 0.162 | 92.8 |
60 | 0.049 ± 0.016 | 0.192 | 125.2 |
Effect of denuder temperature ( |
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1-parameter fit | 2-parameter fit | ||
298 | 0.035 ± 0.031 | 0.189 | 499.2 |
310 | 0.035 ± 0.024 | 0.149 | 366.6 |
323 | 0.032 ± 0.021 | 0.128 | 176.5 |
Comparison of G/P partitioning for formaldehyde and nicotine determined from cigarette MS using the diffusion denuder method.
Formaldehyde fraction |
Nicotine fraction |
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L |
L |
Whole length of denuder tube | L |
L |
Whole length of denuder tube | |
298 | 5.6% | 0.49% | 35% | 1.3% | 0.09% | 6% |
310 | 7.3% | 0.69% | 43% | 3.0% | 0.5% | 21% |
323 | 11.6% | 1.33% | 61% | 5.7% | 2.5% | 53% |
Ratio of 323 to 298 K values | ||||||
2.10 | 2.71 | 1.74 | 4.5 | 27.8 | 8.83 |