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. 2018 Sep 4;28(5):582–594. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054419

Table 4.

Relative levels of HPHC in mainstream HnB aerosol compared with reference cigarette

Schaller et al 25 2016 Schaller et al 24 2016 Jaccard et al 26 2017 Auer et al 21
2017
Bekki et al 23
2017
Eaton et al 28 2018 Forster et al 36
2018
Poynton et al 30 2017
Affiliation PMI PMI PMI University of Bern, Switzerland National Institute of Public Health, Japan BAT BAT BAT
Tobacco stick R. IQOS R. IQOS M. IQOS R. IQOS R. IQOS R. IQOS M. IQOS R. glo R. IQOS R. glo M. glo R. iFuse
Reference cigarette 3R4F 3R4F 3R4F 3R4F Lucky Strike Blue 3R4F 3R4F 3R4F 3R4F 3R4F 3R4F 3R4F
Puffing regimen HCI HCI HCI HCI ISO HCI HCI HCI HCI HCI HCI HCI*
 1,3-Butadiene <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
 1-Aminonaphthalene <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
 2-Aminonaphthalene <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% 3%
 4-Aminobiphenyl <1% <2% <2% <1% <1% <1% <1% 3%
 Acetaldehyde 12% 14% 13% 13% 22% 5% 15% 5% 5% <1%
 Acrolein 7% 7% 6% 6% 82% 1% 6% 1% 2% 5%
 Acrylonitrile 1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
 Ammonia 38% 36% 35% 36% 33% 12% 15% <50%
 Benzene <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
 Benzo[a]pyrene 7% 9% 8% 6% 4%†/8%‡ <3% 5% 2% 3% <7%
 Carbon monoxide 1% 2% 2% 1% 1% 1% <1% 1% <1% <1% 21%
 Crotonaldehyde <6% 6% 5% <6% 4% 5% 1% 2% <3%
 Formaldehyde 11% 10% 8% 9% 74% 6% 11% 6% 7% 13%
 Isoprene <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1%
 NNN 5% 6% 4% 4% 6% 8% 9% 4% 9% 7% <1%
 NNK 3% 3% 2% 3% 5% 5% 2% 4% 2% 2% <1%
 Toluene 2% 1% 1% 1% 1% <1% <1% 2%
 Nicotine 73% 70% 64% 61% 84% 65% 71% 57% 23% 18% 139%
 Water 203% 231% 188% 328% 350% 168% 80% 71%
 Glycerol 203% 191% 163% 182% 129% 101%
 Total particulate matter 122% 98% 89% 119% 135% 104% 56% 54%
 Tar/nicotine-free dry particulate matter 79% 33% 40% 39% 53% 75% 46% 48%

*Puffing duration increased to 3 s, levels of HPHC for HnB product measured for 100 puffs.

†Originally reported proportions of HnB relative to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in mainstream smoke of 50 commercial US cigarettes.

‡Proportions recalculated using mean values of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in mainstream smoke of 50 commercial US cigarettes measured by ISO smoking regimen.15

BAT, British American Tobacco; HnB, heat-not-burn tobacco product; HPHC, harmful and potentially harmful compounds; ISO, International Organisation for Standardisation; M, menthol; NNK, nicotine-derived nitrosamine ketone; NNN, N-nitrosonornicotine; PMI, Philip Morris International; R, regular; –, not measured.