Open AccessThe misuse of 'less-hazardous' cigarettes and its detection: hole-blocking of ventilated filters.
Author(s) -
L T Kozlowski,
Richard C. Frecker,
V Khouw,
Marilyn A. Pope
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.70.11.1202
Subject(s) - blocking (statistics) , smoke , hazardous waste , tar (computing) , nicotine , environmental health , medicine , medical emergency , waste management , computer science , engineering , computer network , programming language
Smokers of low-yield, ventilated-filter cigarettes sometimes defeat the purpose of the smoke-dilution holes by occluding them with fingers, lips, or tape. Blocking the holes is shown to have large effects on the delivery by these cigarettes of toxic products (nicotine, tar, and carbon monoxide). Techniques for detecting this misuse of "less hazardous" cigarettes are discussed, with particular emphasis on the distinctive signs of hole-blocking which are left in the spent filters.