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Comparison of 3R4F cigarette smoke and IQOS heated tobacco product aerosol emissions

Journal

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
Volume 29, Issue 18, Pages 27051-27069

Publisher

SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-18032-x

Keywords

Combustible cigarette; Heated tobacco; Particulate matter; Volatile matter; Low emissions

Funding

  1. Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT) - Philip Morris International

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The study compared the smoke from a research cigarette with the aerosol generated by IQOS, finding that IQOS aerosol emissions were significantly lower than cigarette smoke under the same puffing regimen. Despite similar maximum nicotine concentrations within a puff for both 3R4F smoke and IQOS aerosol, the average concentration was lower for IQOS aerosol. Additionally, water constituted a significant portion of particulate matter in both products, with higher levels in the IQOS aerosol.
In this study, the smoke from a 3R4F research cigarette and the aerosol generated by the Heated Tobacco Product IQOS, also referred to as the Tobacco Heating System (THS) 2.2 in the literature, were compared. The objective was to characterize the gas and suspended particulate matter compositions in the mainstream smoke from a combusted 3R4F cigarette and in the aerosol generated by IQOS during use. The results indicated that the determined aerosol emissions from IQOS were notably lower than in the cigarette smoke under a Health Canada Intense puffing regimen. As an interesting detail in this study, the maximum nicotine concentrations within a puff were practically the same in both the 3R4F smoke and the IQOS aerosol, but the average concentration was lower for the IQOS aerosol. For both products, water constituted a significant proportion of the particulate matter, although it was substantially higher in the IQOS aerosol. Furthermore, combustion-related solid particles observed in the 3R4F smoke contained elements such as carbon, oxygen, potassium, calcium, and silicon. In contrast, IQOS aerosol particulate matter was composed of semi-volatile organic constituents with some minor traces of oxygen and silicon. The particulate matter found in the IQOS aerosol was volatile, which was especially noticeable when exposed to the electron beam of the scanning electron microscope (SEM) and Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM).

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