Levels of Heavy Metals in Popular Cigarette Brands and Exposure to These Metals via Smoking
Table 3
The weight of 20 cigarettes (g) concentration of Pb in μg g−1 (dry weight) and average estimated amount of Pb passed to main stream smoke for 20 cigarettes a day in 20 different cigarette brands.a
No.
Brand name
Weight of 20 cigarettes (g)
Mean ± S.D. (μg g−1)
Estimated amount of Pb in stream smoke (μg)
(1)
Gold Coast
12.82
2.83 ± 0.08
2.10
(2)
Monte Carlo
13.95
2.17 ± 0.04
1.75
(3)
Gauloises
13.85
2.33 ± 0.05
1.87
(4)
Winston
12.75
1.96 ± 0.06
1.45
(5)
Dunhill
11.95
1.88 ± 0.08
1.30
(6)
Salem
13.72
2.06 ± 0.05
1.64
(7)
Merit
12.70
2.25 ± 0.03
1.65
(8)
Gitanes
12.87
2.10 ± 0.08
1.57
(9)
Camel
12.30
1.99 ± 0.07
1.42
(10)
Marlboro
11.77
1.55 ± 0.05
1.06
(11)
Kent
14.12
2.60 ± 0.06
2.13
(12)
Wills
12.35
2.15 ± 0.04
1.54
(13)
Parliament
12.61
3.61 ± 0.03
2.64
(14)
Carlton
14.66
2.95 ± 0.04
2.50
(15)
Garam
12.55
1.33 ± 0.03
0.97
(16)
Gold Leaf
12.89
2.97 ± 0.06
2.22
(17)
Davidoff
13.17
3.14 ± 0.07
2.34
(18)
Vogue
12.83
3.55 ± 0.08
2.64
(19)
Rothman
13.92
2.58 ± 0.05
2.08
(20)
L & M
13.10
3.28 ± 0.09
2.49
aThe results were calculated for five replicate determinations.
