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. 2008 Apr;17(2):132-41.
doi: 10.1136/tc.2007.024158.

Mandated lowering of toxicants in cigarette smoke: a description of the World Health Organization TobReg proposal

D M Burns  1 , E Dybing, N Gray, S Hecht, C Anderson, T Sanner, R O'Connor, M Djordjevic, C Dresler, P Hainaut, M Jarvis, A Opperhuizen, K Straif
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Mandated lowering of toxicants in cigarette smoke: a description of the World Health Organization TobReg proposal

D M Burns et al. Tob Control. 2008 Apr.
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Competing interests: DB has testified in multiple court cases against the tobacco industry. The views expressed here are those of the authors only and do not represent any official position of the National Cancer Institute or National Institutes of Health.

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Figure 1. Ratio of the toxicant yield per mg nicotine for measurements using the Health Canada (HC) intense method and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) method compared to the International Standards Organization (ISO) method. ♦ Median MDPH value as a fraction of the ISO median, □ median HC value as a fraction of the ISO median.
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Figure 2. Ratio of mean for constituents for brands in different samples to the mean of the Counts et al sample.
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Figure 3. Benzoapyrene yield per mg nicotine in Canadian brands.
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Figure 4. 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK) and N′-nitrosonornicotine (NNN) by brand for Canadian cigarettes.
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Figure 5. Mean and range of 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK) and N′-nitrosonornicotine (NNN) yields per mg nicotine for brands reported to the Australian government in 1999 contrasted with the levels of NNN and NNK reported for a Philip Morris Marlboro brand identified as being an Australian brand.
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