Table 3.
Amount (μg in 9 puffs) of selected VOCs emitted by an e-cigarette and conventional cigarettes for a puff frequency of 1 puff/min in fast flow tube experiments. Numbers in parentheses represent standard deviations for n=3 samples.
| VOC | Acetaldehyde | Acetone | Acetonitrile | Acrolein | Methanol |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| e-cigarette-2 | 95.9 (28.3) | 22.0 (5.0) | 8.85 (2.14)·10−2 | 32.0 (9.9) | 0.292 (0.025) |
| 1R5F | 269 (55) | 151 (32) | 25.7 (10.1) | 40.9 (7.8) | 5.80 (2.84) |
| 3R4F | 409 (48) | 227 (23) | 54.6 (5.5) | 66.4 (9.4) | 31.7 (3.3) |
| charcoal-3 | 413 (69) | 227 (32) | 76.2 (13.4) | 72.3 (12.5) | 48.9 (10.0) |
| charcoal-4 | 286 (72) | 150 (32) | 37.2 (9.3) | 42.3 (10.8) | 18.4 (4.7) |
| menthol light-5 | 578 (130) | 322 (74) | 90.0 (30.6) | 78.9 (16.4) | 39.6 (17.7) |
| light-6 | 370 (163) | 198 (76) | 54.5 (24.0) | 63.4 (27.6) | 32.8 (18.1) |
| original-5 | 426 (103) | 250 (61) | 78.3 (23.5) | 63.6 (15.2) | 48.5 (20.2) |
| original-6 | 304 (56) | 171 (28) | 51.6 (5.9) | 48.8 (7.6) | 29.6 (6.2) |