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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 15.
Published in final edited form as: Tob Regul Sci. 2018 May;4(3):96–106. doi: 10.18001/trs.4.3.9

Table 3.

Average PAH Delivery by Year and Ring Size for Menthol and Non-menthol Cigarettes (ng/cig)

Ring Size Type 2002 2004 2007 2011
All PAHs Menthol 77.6 (56 to 83) 67.4 (44 to 86) 61.4 (7.0 to 112) 78.0 (46 to 115)
Non-menthol 64.6 (5.7 to 114) 65.6 (26 to 96) 58.4 (17 to 124) 77.3 (9.9 to 186)
3-ring PAHs Menthol 151 (110 to 200) 131 (86 to 165) 117 (13 to 219) 150 (85 to 225)
Non-menthol 124 (9 to 239) 127 (46 to 186) 111 (30 to 253) 152 (17 to 375)
4-ring PAHs Menthol 38 (28 to 49) 35 (20 to 47) 31 (5.3 to 53) 40 (27 to 51)
Non-menthol 33 (4.7 to 52) 33 (18 to 53) 29 (12 to 50) 35 (7.1 to 72)
5-ring PAHs Menthol 7.2 (5.2 to 9.1) 6.9 (4.2 to 8.7) 6.4 (1.0 to 10) 7.2 (4.9 to 11.8)
Non-menthol 6.3 (1.5 to 10) 6.6 (3.9 to 10) 5.9 (2.4 to 10) 7.5 (1.5 to 15)

Note. Ranges for the average PAH delivery for the brands are given in parentheses.