Romanian Society of Pharmaceutical Sciences

« Back to Farmacia Journal 4/2013

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

Download Full Article PDF

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.