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. 2019 Nov 13;16(22):4450. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16224450

Table 5.

Metal concentrations from devices without brass connectors that were manufactured and analyzed in different years. Vuse devices are cartridges with rechargeable batteries, and NJOY devices are single-use (mean ± standard deviation, µg/g).

Brand Cr Ni Cu Zn Cd Sn Pb
Vuse Menthol
2 years old
2014
0.396 ± 0.138 0.642 ± 0.078 <LRL <LRL <LRL <LRL <LRL
Vuse Menthol
2017
0.300 ± 0.049 0.409 ± 0.080 <LRL <LRL <LRL <LRL <LRL
Vuse Original
2 years old
2014
0.243 ± 0.040 0.478 ± 0.045 <LRL <LRL <LRL <LRL <LRL
Vuse Original 2017 0.057 ± 0.027 0.387 ± 0.114 <LRL <LRL <LRL <LRL <LRL
NJOY® King Menthol 2016 <LRL 0.148 ± 0.026 <LRL <LRL <LRL 0.355 ± 0.087 <LRL
NJOY® King Menthol 2017 <LRL 0.188 ± 0.015 <LRL <LRL <LRL 0.119 ± 0.018 <LRL