How do different cigarette design features influence the standard tar yields of popular cigarette brands sold in different countries?
How do different cigarette design features influence the standard tar yields of popular cigarette brands sold in different countries?
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DOI：
10.1136/tc.2006.019166
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发表时间：
2008-09-01
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影响因子：
5.2
通讯作者：
Cummings, K. M.
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作者：
O'Connor, R. J.;Hammond, D.;Cummings, K. M.
目的：研究在美国、加拿大、澳大利亚和英国销售的主要卷烟品牌的卷烟设计特征与焦油量之间的关联。方法：政府报告和包装上列出的数字被用来获得国际标准化组织（ISO）/联邦贸易委员会（FTC）在美国，加拿大，澳大利亚和联合王国。我们使用标准化方法测量了以下11个香烟设计参数：过滤嘴通风量、香烟压降、过滤嘴压降、烟丝条长度、过滤嘴长度、香烟直径、接装纸长度、烟草重量、过滤嘴重量、烟丝条密度和过滤嘴密度。过滤器通风被认为是主要的设计特征，解释了ISO/四个国家的FTC焦油产量。考虑过滤嘴通风后，设计参数，如外包装长度，烟草重量和杆密度发挥了相对较小的作用，在确定焦油yield.Conclusions：在ISO/FTC焦油产量的变化预测由一组有限的香烟设计功能，特别是过滤嘴通风，建议政府应考虑强制性披露的香烟设计参数的一部分，全面的烟草产品法规。
Objectives: To examine the associations among cigarette design features and tar yields of leading cigarette brands sold in the United States, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom.Methods: Government reports and numbers listed on packs were used to obtain data on International Organization for Standardization (ISO)/Federal Trade Commission (FTC) yields for the tar of 172 cigarette varieties sold in the United States, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom. We used standardised methods to measure the following 11 cigarette design parameters: filter ventilation, cigarette pressure drop, filter pressure drop, tobacco rod length, filter length, cigarette diameter, tipping paper length, tobacco weight, filter weight, rod density and filter density.Results: Filter ventilation was found to be the predominant design feature accounting for the variations between brands in ISO/FTC tar yields in each of the four countries. After accounting for filter ventilation, design parameters such as overwrap length, tobacco weight and rod density played comparatively minor roles in determining tar yields.Conclusions: Variation in ISO/FTC tar yields are predicted by a limited set of cigarette design features, especially filter ventilation, suggesting that governments should consider mandatory disclosure of cigarette design parameters as part of comprehensive tobacco product regulations.