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

Table 5.

Relative levels of HPHC and particulate matter in secondhand emissions from HnB products (ratio HnB:reference cigarette)

Ruprecht et al 33 2017 Mitova et al 34 2016 Forster et al 36 2018b
Affiliation National Cancer Institute, Milan, Italy PMI BAT
HnB IQOS IQOS Glo
Reference cigarette Conventional cigarette Marlboro Gold Lucky Strike Regular
Setting ‘A sitting room’ (ACH=1.5) ‘Residential’
(ACH=1.2)
‘Home’
(ACH=1.2)
Secondhand emissions’ markers
 370 nm UV BC (µg/m3) 0.7%–0.8%
 PM>0.3 (particles/cm3) 2.8%–7.3%
 PMnm (particles/cm3) 22.0%–24.0%
 PM 1 (µg/m3) 0.9%–1.0% HnB < background
 PM 2.5 (µg/m3) 1.3%–1.5% Non-detectable HnB < background
 PM 10 (µg/m3) 1.5%–1.7% HnB < background
 Ultraviolet particulate matter Non-detectable
 Fluorescent particulate matter Non-detectable
 Solanesol Non-detectable
 3-Ethenylpyridine Non-detectable Non-detectable
HPHC
 1,3-Butadiene Non-detectable Non-detectable
 Acetaldehyde (µg/m3) 5.0%–5.9% 6.0% 2.2%
 Acrolein (µg/m3) 1.8%–2.3% Non-detectable Non-detectable
 Acrylonitrile Non-detectable Non-detectable
 Benzene 1.7% HnB = background
 Carbon monoxide 3.8% Non-detectable
 Crotonaldehyde Non-detectable Non-detectable
 Formaldehyde (µg/m3) 6.9%–7.1% 7.6% 10.2%
 Isoprene HnB < background HnB < background
 Toluene HnB < background 3.7%
 Nicotine 6.2% HnB < background
 Nitrogen oxides HnB < background HnB < background
 Nitrogen oxide HnB < background HnB < background

ACH, air changes per hour (ventilation rate of an indoor space defined as air volume added/removed from the space in  1  hour   divided by the space volume); BAT, British American Tobacco; HnB,  heat-not-burn tobacco product;  HPHC,   harmful and potentially harmful compounds;   –, not measured; PM > 0.3, particulate matter larger than 0.3 µm; PM nm, particulate matter in size range of  10–1000   nm; PMI, Philip Morris International; UV BC, ultraviolet black carbon.