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. 2020 Oct 6;95(1):283–298. doi: 10.1007/s00204-020-02924-x

Table 3.

Minimum and maximum yields of considered compounds in smoke from 273 brands of cigarettes, in aerosol from 8 brands of HTPs sold worldwide, and in aerosols from 2 ECs (µg/100 mL)

Compound Cigarettes HTPs ECs
Min Max Min Max Min Max
1,3-Butadiene 7.21 × 100 2.44 × 101 6.59 × 10–3 5.26 × 10–2 2.59 × 10–3 5.09 × 10–3
2-Aminonaphthalene 1.62 × 10–3 8.54 × 10–3 2.06 × 10–6 4.20 × 10–6 7.27 × 10–7 1.41 × 10–6
4-Aminobiphenyl 2.92 × 10–4 1.40 × 10–3 2.27 × 10–7 1.90 × 10–6 3.47 × 10–7 1.09 × 10–6
Acetaldehyde 1.72 × 102 3.99 × 102 6.72 × 10–2 3.28 × 101 3.93 × 10–2 1.91 × 10–1
Acetamide ND ND 6.23 × 10–2 5.05 × 10–1 2.18 × 10–3 4.36 × 10–3
Acetone 6.96 × 101 1.51 × 102 1.12 × 100 5.38 × 100 1.08 × 10–1 1.32 × 10–1
Acrolein 1.89 × 101 3.93 × 101 3.30 × 10–2 1.46 × 100 8.36 × 10–3 1.27 × 10–1
Acrylamide ND ND 2.18 × 10–2 2.76 × 10–1 5.55 × 10–3 1.09 × 10–2
Acrylonitrile 1.75 × 100 6.41 × 100 7.27 × 10–3 2.43 × 10–2 2.91 × 10–3 5.82 × 10–3
Ammonia 2.76 × 100 1.84 × 101 2.59 × 10–1 2.09 × 100 1.13 × 10–1 3.99 × 10–2
Arsenic 1.02 × 10–3 3.21 × 10–3 5.45 × 10–5 1.82 × 10–4 3.08 × 10–4 3.46 × 10–4
Benz[a]anthracene ND ND 1.27 × 10–5 4.68 × 10–4 3.32 × 10–6 2.87 × 10–5
Benzene 6.29 × 100 2.15 × 101 3.86 × 10–3 8.24 × 10–2 1.53 × 10–3 3.27 × 10–3
Benzo[a]pyrene 1.83 × 10–3 5.69 × 10–3 2.00 × 10–5 1.42 × 10–4 4.83 × 10–6 9.82 × 10–6
Cadmium 2.28 × 10–3 5.01 × 10–2 1.36 × 10–5 3.64 × 10–5 1.85 × 10–5 1.49 × 10–4
Catechol 1.31 × 101 3.29 × 101 9.09 × 10–3 2.17 × 100 2.34 × 10–3 4.73 × 10–3
Chromium 5.37 × 10–3 1.18 × 10–2 5.02 × 10–4 1.95 × 10–3 7.25 × 10–4 2.11 × 10–3
Dibenz[a.h] anthracene ND ND 1.88 × 10–5 2.82 × 10–5 5.63 × 10–6 1.82 × 10–5
Ethylene oxide ND ND 7.27 × 10–3 3.47 × 10–2 3.26 × 10–3 6.55 × 10–3
Formaldehyde 1.07 × 101 4.02 × 101 8.15 × 10–2 1.76 × 100 7.64 × 10–2 2.22 × 10–1
Hydrogen cyanide 3.52 × 101 9.98 × 101 9.45 × 10–2 3.98 × 10–1 2.38 × 10–2 4.76 × 10–2
Hydroquinone 1.10 × 101 3.17 × 101 1.41 × 10–2 1.09 × 100 5.66 × 10–3 1.13 × 10–2
Isoprene 5.04 × 101 1.96 × 102 9.32 × 10–3 2.27 × 10–1 3.69 × 10–3 7.27 × 10–3
Lead 3.92 × 10–3 2.35 × 10–2 4.25 × 10–5 3.69 × 10–4 6.29 × 10–5 4.18 × 10–4
m + p-Cresol 1.30 × 100 6.41 × 100 ND ND ND ND
m-Cresol ND ND 1.36 × 10–3 4.32 × 10–3 5.14 × 10–4 1.09 × 10–3
o-Cresol 5.28 × 10–1 2.70 × 100 1.82 × 10–3 8.59 × 10–3 7.02 × 10–4 5.38 × 10–2
p-Cresol ND ND 2.27 × 10–3 7.73 × 10–3 9.35 × 10–4 1.82 × 10–3
Mercury 4.29 × 10–4 2.68 × 10–3 3.82 × 10–5 3.98 × 10–4 1.90 × 10–6 8.22 × 10–5
Methyl ethyl ketone 1.64 × 101 4.08 × 101 1.05 × 10–1 1.15 × 100 4.73 × 10–3 1.26 × 10–1
Nickel 5.85 × 10–3 1.29 × 10–2 6.89 × 10–4 3.77 × 10–3 1.12 × 10–3 1.28 × 10–3
Nicotine 2.16 × 102 5.03 × 102 2.36 × 101 1.72 × 102 5.75 × 101 6.55 × 101
N-Nitrosonornicotine (NNN) 3.03 × 10–3 1.40 × 10–1 1.82 × 10–5 3.92 × 10–3 9.09 × 10–6 9.79 × 10–5
o-Toluidine ND ND 2.37 × 10–5 2.12 × 10–4 1.03 × 10–5 1.42 × 10–5
Phenol 1.51 × 100 1.07 × 101 5.91 × 10–3 2.00 × 10–1 2.34 × 10–3 2.04 × 10–2
Propionaldehyde 1.32 × 101 2.79 × 101 7.27 × 10–2 2.06 × 100 4.36 × 10–3 4.85 × 10–2
Propylene oxide ND ND 3.55 × 10–3 2.06 × 10–2 1.42 × 10–3 2.84 × 10–3
Pyridine 3.43 × 100 1.49 × 101 9.09 × 10–3 1.05 × 100 4.73 × 10–3 1.06 × 10–2
Resorcinol 2.16 × 10–1 9.90 × 10–1 2.42 × 10–3 5.45 × 10–3 1.50 × 10–3 2.91 × 10–3
Selenium 2.00 × 10–3 8.07 × 10–3 7.03 × 10–5 2.38 × 10–4 1.96 × 10–5 7.18 × 10–5
Styrene 1.70 × 100 5.92 × 100 3.64 × 10–3 1.60 × 10–1 2.18 × 10–3 7.01 × 10–3
Toluene 1.08 × 101 3.42 × 101 1.39 × 10–2 2.75 × 10–1 1.13 × 10–2 4.53 × 10–2
Vinyl chloride ND ND 9.95 × 10–5 2.38 × 10–4 5.97 × 10–5 1.20 × 10–4

Min minimum yield, Max maximum yield, ND not determined, HTP heated tobacco product, EC electronic cigarette