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Measuring environmental emissions from tobacco combustion: Sidestream cigarette smoke literature review

1987; Elsevier BV; Volume: 21; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0004-6981(87)90004-7

1878-2442

M.R. Guerin, C.E. Higgins, Roger A. Jenkins,

Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure

The tobacco-derived environmental emission of most common concern is the smoke issuing from cigarettes between puffs. A literature review of smoke formation mechanisms, sampling methods and selected emission factors suggests that sidestream deliveries are actually much less variable than is commonly thought. Examples of devices used to generate and collect sidestream smoke for analysis are described and their advantages and disadvantages discussed. Emissions computed as is common practice from sidestream/mainstream ratios are compared to those determined directly. The ratio method can yield misleading results because of the sensitivity of mainstream deliveries to cigarette and burn characteristics.