From: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in US and Swedish smokeless tobacco products
Average PAH concentration for each product type (ng/g DWB) | ||||||||
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Loose snus | Portion snus | Chewing tobacco | Dry snuff | Hard pellet | Soft pellet | Moist snuff | Plug | |
2-Ring | ||||||||
Naphthalene | 96.6 | 112 | 54.0 | 84.9 | 69.7 | 76.5 | 110 | 53.4 |
1-methylnaphthalene | 32.2 | 43.0 | 20.1 | 75.2 | 19.2 | 74.2 | 62.0 | 18.3 |
2-methylnaphthalene | 17.6 | 27.0 | 10.4 | 60.0 | 10.5 | 65.6 | 46.9 | 9.51 |
3-Ring | ||||||||
Acenaphthylene | 4.40 | 6.68 | 5.3 | 62.6 | 4.79 | 81.6 | 52.9 | 2.68 |
Acenaphthene | 4.86 | 8.65 | 3.4 | 49.5 | 5.31 | 79.6 | 48.3 | 4.39 |
Fluorene | 21.8 | 29.3 | 15.6 | 429 | 21.3 | 695 | 437 | 8.89 |
Phenanthrene | 73.0 | 76.3 | 207 | 2925 | 40.0 | 4541 | 3339 | 71.1 |
Anthracene | 10.1 | 11.6 | 38.6 | 625 | 7.58 | 1210 | 731 | 13.3 |
4-Ring | ||||||||
Fluoranthene | 57.7 | 47.7 | 183 | 1512 | 9.84 | 2550 | 1854 | 67.9 |
Pyrene | 42.8 | 36.6 | 163 | 1520 | 10.6 | 2519 | 1856 | 63.9 |
Benzo[a]anthracene | 7.57 | 6.85 | 32.9 | 456 | 2.60 | 832 | 545 | 14.8 |
Chrysene | 12.6 | 11.8 | 37.1 | 468 | 3.57 | 789 | 543 | 17 |
5-Ring | ||||||||
Benzo[b]fluoranthene | 3.36 | 3.03 | 7.3 | 74.2 | 0.938 | 97.6 | 80.0 | 3.35 |
Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 2.06 | 1.95 | 3.7 | 32.3 | 0.644 | 38.4 | 34.0 | 1.87 |
Benzo[j]fluoranthene | 2.48 | 2.39 | 5.9 | 55.9 | 0.688 | 65 | 57.9 | 2.89 |
Benzo[e]pyrene | 2.50 | 2.26 | 6.0 | 65.8 | 0.821 | 77.4 | 67.7 | 2.8 |
Benzo[a]pyrene | 2.93 | 2.53 | 6.0 | 80.4 | 0.971 | 117 | 87.4 | 3.25 |
Perylene | 0.715 | 0.70 | 1.1 | 11.2 | NQ | 13.7 | 11.1 | 0.307 |
Dibenz[a,h]anthracene | NQ | 0.55 | 0.5 | 5.7 | BDL | 5.67 | 6.67 | NQ |
6-Ring | ||||||||
Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene | 2.00 | 1.47 | 3.6 | 31.0 | 0.452 | 26.1 | 35.8 | 1.59 |
Benzo[ghi]perylene | 2.03 | 1.47 | 3.4 | 27.9 | 0.479 | 17.4 | 33.7 | 1.47 |
TOTAL | 399 | 434 | 808 | 8651 | 210 | 13972 | 10039 | 363 |