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. 2019 Nov 4;22(10):1748–1756. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntz203

Table 1.

Statistical summary of tobacco and smoke component levels

Analyte n Average SD Min Max Ratio INT/ISO
Tobacco
 Sucrose (mg/g) 53 13 7 3 28
 Glucose (mg/g) 53 71 18 16 115
 Fructose (mg/g) 53 36 11 7 63
 Sugars total (mg/g) 53 120 30 30 190
 Propylene glycol (mg/g) 52 4.6 4.2 0 14.8
 Glycerol (mg/g) 52 7.8 6.3 1.1 23.7
Smoke ISO
 Tar (mg/g) 49 12 5 2 19 3.5
 Nicotine (mg/g) 49 1.0 0.4 0.2 2.2 3.1
 CO (mg/g) 49 13 5 3 20 3.3
 Formaldehyde (µg/g) 53 20 13 0 58 3.4
 Acetaldehyde (µg/g) 53 470 280 0 890 3.0
 Acrolein (µg/g) 53 55 37 2 132 4.3
 1,3-Butadiene (µg/g) 53 50 21 8 92 3.0
 Benzene (µg/g) 53 46 19 5 80 2.8
 1,2,4-Trimethyl-benzene (µg/g) 53 3.2 2.0 0 7.5 2.3
 1,3,5-Trimethyl-benzene (µg/g) 53 2.4 1.3 0 4.7 3.7
 Ethylbenzene (µg/g) 53 12 6 0 21 3.4
mp-Xylene (µg/g) 53 10 5 0 18 3.2
n-Propylbenzene (µg/g) 53 1.7 1.1 0 3.8 3.8
o-Xylene (µg/g) 53 4.3 2.2 0 7.9 3.3
 Styrene (µg/g) 53 11 6 0 25 4.1
tert-Butylbenzene (µg/g) 53 1.6 0.9 0 3.0 2.8
 Toluene (µg/g) 53 92 39 10 157 2.8
 2,5-Dimethylfuran (µg/g) 53 9.0 3.7 1.4 16.6 2.6
 Isoprene (µg/g) 53 93 39 19 196 3.1
 Phenol (µg/g) 53 6.6 4.9 0 23.1 2.5
 Naphthalene (µg/g) 53 0.02 0.10 0 0.62 41
sec-Butylbenzene (µg/g) 53 0.6 0.8 0 2.9 6.0
cis-1,3-Dichloro-1-propene (µg/g) 53 3.3 3.1 0 14.5 3.4
trans-1,3-Dichloro-1-propene (µg/g) 53 1.0 1.9 0 6.5 1.7
 Trichloromethane (µg/g) 53 3.6 17.2 0 123.6 0.08
Smoke Intense
 Tar (mg/g) 40 40 7 26 53
 Nicotine (mg/g) 40 3.1 0.5 2.1 4.3
 CO (mg/g) 40 42 10 22 71
 Formaldehyde (µg/g) 53 67 20 28 118
 Acetaldehyde (µg/g) 53 1400 200 900 2000
 Acrolein (µg/g) 53 230 40 150 330
 1,3-Butadiene (µg/g) 53 150 30 90 250
 Benzene (µg/g) 53 130 20 80 170
 1,2,4-Trimethyl-benzene (µg/g) 53 7.4 4.1 2.9 21.4
 1,3,5-Trimethyl-benzene (µg/g) 53 9.0 1.6 5.7 12.1
 Ethylbenzene (µg/g) 53 40 6 26 55
mp-Xylene (µg/g) 53 32 5 21 43
n-Propylbenzene (µg/g) 53 6.3 0.9 4.3 8.6
o-Xylene (µg/g) 53 14 2 10 19
 Styrene (µg/g) 53 45 8 30 59
tert-Butylbenzene (µg/g) 53 4.6 1.3 2.0 7.6
 Toluene (µg/g) 53 260 40 170 360
 2,5-Dimethylfuran (µg/g) 53 23 5 6 38
 Isoprene (µg/g) 53 290 60 120 430
 Phenol (µg/g) 53 16 10 4 55
 Naphthalene (µg/g) 53 0.8 0.6 0 1.9
sec-Butylbenzene (µg/g) 53 3.8 2.2 0 8.9
cis-1,3-Dichloro-1-propene (µg/g) 53 11 14 0 49
trans-1,3-Dichloro-1-propene (µg/g) 53 1.7 4.4 0 16.2
 Trichloromethane (µg/g) 53 0.3 0.6 0 1.9