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. 2011 Apr 4;5:15. doi: 10.1186/1752-153X-5-15

Table 3.

Effect of CR20C Mass in the Filter on Smoke Yields

CR20C (mg) 0 20 40 60 80
Smoke Yields (% Reduction)

Cig Puff No. 6.1 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.3

NFDPM (mg/cig) 10.7 10.4 10.7 10.7 10.6

Nicotine (mg/cig) 0.92 0.94 0.98 0.96 0.95

Water (mg/cig) 1.7 1.3 1.7 1.6 1.4

CO (mg/cig) 11.5 12.6 12.8 12.8 12.4

Acetaldehyde (μg/cig) 551 414 (25) 273 (50) 210 (62) 166 (70)

Acetone (μg/cig) 262 260 (1) 233 (11) 243 (7) 248 (5)

Acrolein (μg/cig) 70 52 (26) 36 (49) 28 (60) 22 (69)

Butyraldehyde (μg/cig) 39 30 (23) 22 (44) 18 (54) 15 (62)

Crotonaldehyde (μg/cig) 21 14 (33) 8 (62) 6 (71) 4 (81)

Formaldehyde (μg/cig) 77 31 (60) 22 (71) 21 (73) 23 (70)

2-Butanone (μg/cig) 67 65 (3) 54 (19) 52 (22) 51 (24)

Propionaldehyde (μg/cig) 51 37 (27) 25 (51) 19 (63) 16 (69)

HCN (μg/cig) 145 71 (51) 36 (75) 22 (85) 16 (89)

NFDPM = Nicotine Free Dry Particulate Matter ('Tar')