Estimation of nicotine and tar yields from human-smoked cigarettes before and after the implementation of the cigarette ignition propensity regulations in Canada

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 61, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Côté, France ^a   Létourneau, Cécile ^a   Mullard, Gavin ^b   Voisine, Richard ^a  

^a Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd   (Canada)

^b BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cigarette; Human smoked yield; Low ignition propensity; Nicotine; Smoke; Tar

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE; NICOTINE; TAR; TOBACCO TAR;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LAW; LOW IGNITION PROPENSITY REGULATION; MACHINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PART FILTER ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT PARAMETERS; ROTARY SMOKING MACHINE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STANDARDIZATION; BEHAVIOR; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPOSURE; FILTRATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MIDDLE AGED; PAPER; SMOKE; STANDARD; TOBACCO;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; FEMALE; FILTRATION; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICOTINE; PAPER; SMOKE; SMOKING; TARS; TOBACCO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859931052     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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