Table 1

Compounds in mainstream aerosol of Marlboro HeatSticks compared with 3R4F reference cigarette

PMI productUnitPMI-58IQOS HeatStick3R4FChange (%) with 3R4F on stick basis
1,2,3-Propanetriol, diacetate (diacetin)µg/stickNo1.230.381↑ 223
1,2-Propanediol, 3-chloroµg/stickNo9.945.93↑ 68
1,4-Dioxane, 2-ethyl-5-methyl-µg/stickNo0.0550.0004↑ 13 650
12,14-Labdadiene-7,8-diol, (8a,12E)µg/stickNo1.430.064↑ 2134
1 hour-Indene, 2,3-dihydro-1,1,5,6-tetramethyl-µg/stickNo0.0260.014↑ 86
1-Hydroxy-2-butanoneµg/stickNo0.9470.465↑ 104
1-Hydroxy-2-propanone(1,2-Propenediol)µg/stickNo16296.8↑ 67
2 (5H)-Furanoneµg/stickNo5.321.99↑ 167
2,3-Dihydro-5-hydroxy-6-methyl‐4 hour‐pyran‐4‐oneµg/stickNo0.2310.135↑ 71
2,4-Dimethylcyclopent-4-ene-1,3-dioneµg/stickNo0.3330.193↑ 73
2-Cyclopentene-1,4-dioneµg/stickNo3.80.764↑ 397
2-Formyl-1-methylpyrroleµg/stickNo0.1280.064↑ 100
2-Furancarboxaldehyde,5-methyl-µg/stickNo11.12.94↑ 278
2-Furanmethanolµg/stickNo39.27↑ 460
2-Furanmethanol, 5-methyl-µg/stickNo0.1230.029↑ 324
2 hour-Pyran-2-one,tetrahydro-5-hydroxyµg/stickNo4.453.11↑ 43
2-Methylcyclobutane-1,3-dioneµg/stickNo2.780.71↑ 292
2-Propanone, 1-(acetyloxy)-µg/stickNo16.98.01↑ 111
3 (2H)-Furanone, dihydro-2-methyl-µg/stickNo0.3260.119↑ 174
3-Methylvaleric acidµg/stickNo5.13.63↑ 40
4(H)-Pyridine, N-acetyl-µg/stickNo0.2960.112↑ 164
5-Methylfurfuralµg/stickNo0.9950.632↑ 57
Anhydro linalool oxideµg/stickNo0.4570.291↑ 57
Benzene, 1,2,3,4-tetramethyl-4-(1-methylethenyl)-µg/stickNo0.0060.005↑ 20
Benzenemethanol, 4-hydroxy-µg/stickNo0.0110
Benzoic acid, 2,5-dihydroxy-methylµg/stickNo4.552.18↑ 109
Butylated hydroxytolueneµg/stickNo0.1320.007↑ 1786
Butyrolactoneµg/stickNo4.080.728↑ 460
Cis-sesquisabinene hydrateµg/stickNo0.0610
Cyclohexane, 1,2-dioxo-µg/stickNo0.0830.046↑ 80
Cyclohexane-1,2-dione, 3-methyl-µg/stickNo0.1010.073↑ 38
Eicosane, 2-methyl-µg/stickNo0.050.014↑ 257
Ergosterolµg/stickNo3.181.58↑ 101
Ethyl 2,4-dioxohexanoateµg/stickNo6.733.57↑ 89
Ethyl dodecanoate (ethyl laurate)µg/stickNo0.0230
Ethyl linoleateµg/stickNo0.1350.008↑ 1588
Ethyl linolenateµg/stickNo0.6140.153↑ 301
Furfuralµg/stickNo31.125.9↑ 20
Glycerolmg/stickNo5.022.08↑ 141
Glycidolµg/stickNo5.711.76↑ 224
Heneicosane, 2-methyl-µg/stickNo0.0630.021↑ 200
Hexadecanoic acid, ethyl esterµg/stickNo0.4910.008↑ 6038
Isolinderanolideµg/stickNo4.991.85↑ 170
Isoquinoline, 3-methylµg/stickNo6.294.99↑ 26
Labdane-8,15-diol, (13S)µg/stickNo0.1430.015↑ 853
Lanost-8-en-3-ol, 24-methylene‐, (3beta)µg/stickNo6.31.61↑ 291
Maltoxazineµg/stickNo0.0770.038↑ 103
Methyl furoateµg/stickNo0.1470.029↑ 407
Phenylacetaldehydeµg/stickNo1.410.529↑ 167
p-Menthan-3-olµg/stickNo0.7860.322↑ 144
Propylene glycolµg/stickNo17523.7↑ 638
Pyranoneµg/stickNo6.545.07↑ 29
Pyranoneµg/stickNo9.265.84↑ 59
Pyridoxinµg/stickNo0.6990.526↑ 33
Stearate, ethyl-µg/stickNo0.0740.003↑ 2367
Tarmg/stickNo19.425↓ 22
Trans-4-hydroxymethyl-2-methyl-1,3-dioxolaneµg/stickNo2.090.044↑ 4650
1,3-Butadieneµg/stickYes0.2189.2↓ 99.8
1-Aminonaphthaleneng/stickYes0.04320.9↓ 99.8
2-Aminonaphthaleneng/stickYes0.02217.5↓ 99.9
3-Aminobiphenylng/stickYes0.0074.6↓ 99.8
4-Aminobiphenylng/stickYes0.0093.21↓ 99.7
Acetaldehydeµg/stickYes1921602↓ 88
Acetamideµg/stickYes2.9613↓ 77
Acetoneµg/stickYes30.7653↓ 95
Acroleinµg/stickYes8.32158↓ 95
Acrylamideµg/stickYes1.584.5↓ 65
Acrylonitrileµg/stickYes0.14521.2↓ 99.3
Ammoniaµg/stickYes12.233.2↓ 63
Arsenicng/stickYes<0.36<7.49NA
Benz[a]anthraceneng/stickYes2.6528.4↓ 91
Benzeneµg/stickYes0.4577.3↓ 99.4
Benzo[a]pyreneng/stickYes0.73613.3↓ 94
Butyraldehydeµg/stickYes20.781.3↓ 74
Cadmiumng/stickYes<0.2889.2↓ >99.7
Carbon monoxidemg/stickYes0.3529.4↓ 99
Catecholµg/stickYes1484.1↓ 83
Chromiumng/stickYes<11.0<11.9NA
Crotonaldehydeµg/stickYes<3.2949.3↓ >93
Dibenz[a,h] anthraceneng/stickYes<0.124<0.689NA
Ethylene oxideµg/stickYes<0.11916↓ >99.3
Formaldehydeµg/stickYes14.179.4↓ 82
Hydrogen cyanideµg/stickYes<1.75329↓ >99.5
Hydroquinoneµg/stickYes6.5594.5↓ 93
Isopreneµg/stickYes1.51891↓ 99.8
Leadng/stickYes2.2331.2↓ 93
m-Cresolµg/stickYes0.0424.24↓ 99
Mercuryng/stickYes1.383.68↓ 63
Methyl-ethyl-ketoneµg/stickYes10.1183↓ 94
Nickelng/stickYes<15.9<12.9NA
Nicotinemg/stickYes1.291.74↓ 26
Nitric oxideµg/stickYes12.6484↓ 97
Nitro benzeneµg/stickYes<0.011<0.038NA
Nitrogen oxidesµg/stickYes14.2538↓ 97
N-nitrosoanabasineng/stickYes2.3529↓ 92
N-nitrosoanatabineng/stickYes14.7254↓ 94
NNKng/stickYes7.8244.7↓ 97
NNNng/stickYes10.1271↓ 96
o-Cresolµg/stickYes0.0784.81↓ 98
o-Toluidineng/stickYes1.196.2↓ 99
p-Cresolµg/stickYes0.0719.6↓ 99
Phenolµg/stickYes1.4715.6↓ 91
Propionaldehydeµg/stickYes10.8109↓ 90
Propylene oxideng/stickYes142.3896↓ 84
Pyreneng/stickYes8.279.2↓ 90
Pyridineµg/stickYes6.5830.9↓ 79
Quinolineµg/stickYes<0.0110.43↓ >98
Resorcinolµg/stickYes<0.0551.72↓ >97
Seleniumng/stickYes1.27<4.42NA
Styreneµg/stickYes0.5813.9↓ 96
Tolueneµg/stickYes1.42129↓ 99
Vinyl chlorideng/stickYes<0.65793.4↓ >99
Watermg/stickYes30.214.7↑ 105
  • Notes: presented in table 1 of Addendum to FDA Briefing Document, January 24-25, 2018, Meeting of the Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee; sata source: section 3.3.2 and section 6.1.1.3.4 of the Modified Risk Tobacco Product  application (MRTPAs) and appendix A of an amendment to the MRTPAs submitted on 8 December 2017. Total particulate matter and nicotine-free dry particulate matter, two constituents on the PMI-58 list were not reported by PMI in this table.

  • ↑, higher in IQOS; ↓, lower in IQOS.

  • PMI, Philip Morris International; PMI-58, PMI’s list of 58 constituents.