EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT KIND OF
CIGARETTE FILTERS ABILITY OF TO RETAIN
THE TOXIC COMPOUNDS OF THE VAPOR
PHASE. A COMPARATIVE GRAPHICAL STUDY
CONSTANTIN PETRARU1, DAN BĂLĂLĂU1, MIHAELA ILIE1*,
CRISTIAN BĂLĂLĂU2
1Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of
Pharmacy, Toxicology Department, 6 Traian Vuia St., 020956,
Bucharest, Romania
2University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila”, Faculty
of Medicine, Sf. Pantelimon Emergency Hospital, Sos Pantelimon 340 –
342, Bucharest, Romania
*corresponding author: mihaela.ilie@umf.ro
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Abstract:

The toxicity of the cigarette smoke can be evaluated on the basis of the content (qualitative and quantitative) of the vapor phase of the main stream smoke. The paper analyses, in a graphical mode, the retention ability of 6 kinds of cigarette filters for 28 volatile compounds found in the vapor phase. The retention ability is a function of the chemical structure of the volatile compound, as expected. The acetate and 50 mg/cigerette
charcoal dual filter retained better the highly toxic and very toxic compounds of the vapor phase.

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