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Chemosphere

Title:		Gas- and particulate-phase specific tracer and toxic organic compounds in environmental tobacco smoke
Author(s):		Bi X; Sheng G; Feng Y; Fu J; Xie J;
Address:		"State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environment and Resources, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, 510640, China"
Journal Title:		Chemosphere
Year:		2005
Volume:		20050621
Issue:		10
Page Number:		1512 - 1522
DOI:		10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.04.057
ISSN/ISBN:		0045-6535 (Print) 0045-6535 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Cigarette smoke constituents are worthy of concern and characterized as carcinogens. Different experiment conditions may affect the environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) constituents. A study was undertaken in a 75.5-m3 spare office to evaluate ETS constituents in a real environment. Thirty-four volatile organic compounds (VOCs) including three ETS tracers: nicotine, 2,5-dimethylfuran and 3-ethenylpyridine (3-EP), 19 carbonyl compounds, 54 semi-volatile compounds (24 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and 30 alkanes) as well as CO and total particulate matter (TPM) from 15 leading commercial brands were determined. ETS constituents did not increase with increasing cigarette tar. ETS tracers nicotine and 3-EP were affected greatly due to more sorption and surface reactions in real world compared to other studies conducted in chamber, which resulted in 2-5 times lower. Benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylenes, acrolein, 2-butanone and the high molecular weight compounds exhibited little affect. Pearson correlation analyses show that gas-phase and particulate-phase ETS tracers did not show significant correlation, but within each homologue many of compounds correlated significantly. Indole and cholesta-3,5-diene were also detected in ETS. These results may be useful in efforts to better understand the health effect of ETS exposure and source apportionment"
Keywords:		Furans/analysis Gases Humans Nicotine/analysis Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons/analysis Pyridines/analysis Tobacco Smoke Pollution/*analysis Vinyl Compounds/analysis;
Notes:		"MedlineBi, Xinhui Sheng, Guoying Feng, Yanli Fu, Jiamo Xie, Juexin eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2005/06/25 Chemosphere. 2005 Dec; 61(10):1512-22. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.04.057. Epub 2005 Jun 21"