Determination of hydrogen cyanide concentration in mainstream smoke of tobacco products by polarography

Journal of Environmental Health Science Engineering

Massoud Amanlou¹  Gita kiaee¹  Arash Amanlou¹  Shabnam Mahernia¹ 

[1] Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

关键词: Polarography;    Hydrogen cyanide;    Cigarette;    Tobacco products;   

Others  :  1221523
DOI  :  10.1186/s40201-015-0211-1

 received in 2014-02-10, accepted in 2015-07-11,  发布年份 2015

【 摘 要 】

Background

There has been a worldwide concern for the health risks of cigarette smoking and hydrogen cyanide (HCN) considered as one of the hazardous tobacco compounds which is needed to be determined in order to reduce the dose related to smoke disease risk.

In this study, we prepare the experimental procedure to entrap the HCN from mainstream smoke of different brands of Tehran cigarette, through simulating human inhalation and determine its concentration applying polarography.

Results

The HCN level of the 50 commonly consumed tobacco products (47 cigarettes and 3 cigars) obtained from local store is ranged between 17.56 ± 1.02 and 1553.98 ± 0.56 μg per stick, this acquired amount is more than FDA approval (10 μg per stick), so the harmful effects of smoking is indicative.

Conclusions

The comparative study of the results shows that the price and the weight of each product do not indicate HCN level. As can be seen, R ²value which is a statistical measure of how close the data are to the fitted regression line is low (R ²  < 0.2). So it should not be deceived by names such as ultra light or infinite gravity to suck, because this names or the price haven ^’ t effect on the amount of HCN and its destructive effects.

【 授权许可】

   
2015 Mahernia et al.

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