| tobacco content of the 3R4F reference
cigarette reported |
753 mg42 and 760 mg43
|
| entire length of 3R4F cigarette together with its filter |
83.9 mm42
|
| 3R4F cigarette filter length |
26.7 mm42
|
| 3R4F cigarette rod length holding 753 mg
of tobacco |
83.9 mm −26.7 mm = 57.2 mm |
| amount of tobacco
contained in 1 mm of rod length assuming
57.2 mm rod length contain 753 mg of tobacco parked uniformly over
its length |
[(753 mg × 1 mm)/57.2 mm = 13.2 mg] |
| butt length
of 3R4F cigarette smoked to generate smoke (Cozzani
et al.4 and Schaller et al.8) |
35 mm |
| 3R4F tobacco length burnt to generate smoke by smoking
3R4F
cigarette to a butt length of 35 mm (Cozzani et al.4 and Schaller et al.8) |
filter plus unburnt tobacco minus butt length of 35 mm after
smoking (83.9 mm – 35 mm = 48.9 mm) |
| amount of 3R4F cigarette tobacco smoked
to generate smoke (Cozzani
et al.4 and Schaller et al.8) |
tobacco contained in 1 mm length of 3R4F
rod times length of
the tobacco rod burnt divided by 1 mm rod length of 3R4F cigarette [(13.2 mg × 48.9 mm)/1 mm = 645.5 mg] |
