Free-base nicotine in tobacco products. Part I. Determination of free-base nicotine in the particulate phase of mainstream cigarette smoke and the relevance of these findings to product design parameters

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-63

  Lauterbach, J H ^a   Bao, M ^b   Joza, P J ^b   Rickert, W S ^b  

^a Lauterbach and Associates LLC   (United States)

^b Labstat International ULC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cigarettes; Free base nicotine; Gas particle partitioning theory; Mainstream cigarette smoke; Nicotine; Smoke pH; Solid phase microextraction; Tar nicotine ratio

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NICOTINE; TAR;

ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; PARTICULATE MATTER; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROTON TRANSPORT; SMOKE; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; STANDARDIZATION; TOBACCO;

NICOTINE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TOBACCO; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 77955983649     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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