| Abbreviation | Meaning |
| Abs | Absorption Rate |
| ADAF | Age-Dependent Adjustments Factor |
| ADD | Average Daily Dose |
| AT | Averaging Exposure Time |
| CPD | Cigarette per Day |
| ECR | Excess Lifetime Cancer Risk |
| ED | Exposure Duration |
| EF | Exposure Frequency |
| ETS | Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke |
| FCTC | Framework Convention on Tobacco Control |
| HC | Health Canada |
| HI | Hazard Index |
| HPLC MS/MS | High-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectroscopy |
| HQ | Hazard Quotient |
| I-EDI | Internal Estimated Daily Intake |
| IR | Inhalation Ratio |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
| IUR | Inhalation Unit Risk |
| KNHANES | Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey |
| LADD | Lifetime Average Daily Dose |
| NNAL | 4-(Methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-Pyridyl)-1-Butanol |
| RfC | Reference Concentration |
| SHS | Second-hand Smoke |
| THS | Third-hand Smoke |
| TSNAs | Tobacco-specific Nitrosamines |
| WHO | World Health Organization |