Cadmium in Tobacco and Its Fate During Smoking

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• Personal Author:
  Menden EE ; Michael LW ; Petering HG ; Menden EE ; Michael LW ; Petering HG
• Description:
  Using a smoking machine, reference cigarettes, a commercial brand of nonfilter 85 millimeter cigarettes, a medium priced cigar, and a popular brand of pipe tobacco, both wet ashing and dry ashing procedures were carried out to determine the cadmium (7440439) content to which smokers were being exposed. Cigarettes varied from 1.31 to 1.28 micrograms (microg) of cadmium per cigarette, which corresponded to 1.17 to 1.62microg per gram (g) of cigarette. For cigar tobacco a total of 1.86microg/g was found and in pipe tobacco the content was 0.93microg/g. Only 6 to 7 percent of the cadmium in the smoked portion of the cigarette appeared in the tar, while the unsmoked butts were enriched with 10 to 27 percent of the cadmium of the smoked portion. The ash contained 25 to 34 percent of the cadmium of the smoked portions. The authors suggest that the remaining cadmium, 40 to 55 percent, is lost in the sidestream during smoking and between puffs. This indicated that not only is the one smoking at risk from cadmium exposure, but so are the others present in the vicinity. The indoor pollution of cadmium in a smoker's environment must be considerably more than the levels found in ambient outside air in large cities. As cadmium exposure can affect pulmonary function resulting in bronchitis and emphysema, the authors urge that cadmium exposure from smoking be considered further. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Cadmium Environmental Health Metals, Heavy Occupational Health Safety Smoke Smokers Tobacco Products
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Cadmium-compounds Cigarette-smoking Heavy-metals Indoor-air-pollution Indoor-environmental-quality NIOSH-Grant Smoke-inhalation Tobacco-smoke
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports   ; Grant Final Reports  
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report ; Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs ; OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00181268
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB88-248331
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1981 Jan; :1-6
• Contact Point Address:
  Environmental Health Kettering Laboratory Eden & Bethesda Avenues Cincinnati, Ohio 45219
• CAS Registry Number:
  Cadmium (CAS RN 7440-43-9) ; Cadmium (CAS RN 7440-43-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Performing Organization:
  University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19700901
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  19790831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/217737/cdc_217737_DS1.pdf
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