Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.15255/KUI.2021.039

Harmful Components in Tobacco Smoke and Factors Affecting Their Content

Margarita Docheva ; Tobacco and Tobacco Products Institute, Markovo, Bulgaria
Yovcho Kochev orcid.org/0000-0003-4609-3065 ; Tobacco and Tobacco Products Institute, Markovo, Bulgaria
Maria Kasheva orcid.org/0000-0002-3060-5428 ; Tobacco and Tobacco Products Institute, Markovo, Bulgaria
Hristo Bozukov orcid.org/0000-0003-4684-5490 ; Tobacco and Tobacco Products Institute, Markovo, Bulgaria

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the influence of the smoking regime on thе content of tar, nicotine and CO, and to establish the decreasing content of tar, nicotine and CO with increasing the filter ventilation by 10, 20, and 30 %. The smoking regime and filter ventilation were investigated as the factors influencing the components of tobacco smoke. The intensive smoking regimes increased the content of tar, nicotine, and CO between 57 and 164 %. The filter ventilation was the other most significant factor on the increased content of components in tobacco smoke. Tar, nicotine and CO in non-ventilation cigarettes increased between 36 and 92 % compared to the same cigarettes with 30 % ventilation. The greatest increase was observed in intensive smoking regimes and closed ventilation.




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Keywords

tobacco smoke; tar; nicotine; carbon monoxide; smoking regimes; filter ventilation

Hrčak ID:

273882

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/273882

Publication date:

16.3.2022.

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