Free Radicals in Little Cigar Mainstream Smoke and the Potential Influence of Flavoring Chemicals on Free Radical Production
Leanne Mocniak,
Zachary T. Bitzer,
Reema Goel
et al.
Abstract:Implementation of the Tobacco Control Act in 2009 banned
characterizing
flavors in cigarettes (except menthol and tobacco), but substitution
has occurred by the continued availability of alternative flavored
products (i.e., flavored little cigars). Little is known about how
flavorants in noncigarette tobacco products impact human health. Thus,
we investigated the impact of flavorants on free radical production
in the mainstream smoke of little cigars. Gas- and particulate-phase
free radical yields in mainstrea… Show more
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