Elsevier

Preventive Medicine

Volume 14, Issue 2, March 1985, Pages 226-233
Preventive Medicine

General article
Characterization of tobacco products: A comparative study of the tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide yields of cigars, manufactured cigarettes, and cigarettes made from fine-cut tobacco

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Abstract

Yields of tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide were compared in selected Canadian brands of manufactured and hand-rolled cigarettes, and small and large cigars. To control for varying volumes of smoke delivery per cigarette or cigar, standardized comparisons in milligrams of toxic substance per liter of smoke were made. The mean deliveries per liter of smoke and tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide were highest for small cigars, followed by hand-rolled and manufactured cigarettes; large cigars had the lowest deliveries. Five out of six brands of cigarettes handmade from fine-cut tobacco delivered significantly more tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide per cigarette or per liter than did the identically named manufactured brand.

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Supported in part by a contract from the Bureau of Tobacco Control and Biometrics, Laboratory Centre for Disease Control, Department of National Health and Welfare. This paper, however, is the responsibility of the authors and should not be interpreted as a statement of policy of the Department of National Health and Welfare.

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