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Preventive Medicine

Volume 8, Issue 3, May 1979, Pages 344-350
Preventive Medicine

Forum: Workshop on carbon monoxide and cardiovascular disease
Formation and analysis of carbon monoxide in cigarette mainstream and sidestream smoke,☆☆,

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Abstract

Carbon monoxide is one of the three cigarette smoke constituents which have been judged as “most likely to contribute to the health hazards of smoking.” CO is formed in the burning cigarette by oxidation of nonvolatile carbonaceous matter, by reduction of CO2, and by pyrolysis of nonvolatile organic matter, primarily cellulose and cellulose-like materials. The best currently known way to control the CO formation in the burning cigarette is air dilution by porous cigarette paper or by perforated filter tips. During the smoldering of a cigarette between puffs about 2.5 times more CO is formed than during actual smoking. The release of CO in sidestream smoke from tobacco products has on occasion led to short-term occurrence of up to 50 ppm of CO in enclosed environments.

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Presented at a Workshop on Carbon Monoxide and Cardiovascular Disease, sponsored by the American Health Foundation and the Federal Health Office, Federal Republic of Germany, Berlin, October 10–12, 1978.

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No. LXV of “Chemical Studies on Tobacco Smoke.”

Supported by National Cancer Institute Contract NOI-cp-55666 and Grant CA-17613.

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