Comparison of Mineral Contents in Three Different Tobacco Formulations.

We identified and quantified a variety of mineral elements in 18 tobacco samples purchased from a Tunisian market. In total, 25 mineral elements have been measured in cigarettes, water pipe tobacco, and smokeless tobacco using inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy following microwave-assisted digestion. Statistical analyses were performed using SPSSTM, version 18.0. The lowest concentrations of all studied elements were observed in water pipe tobacco. Significantly higher concentrations of Al, Fe, Mg, Na, Ca, Cr, and Co were found in smokeless tobacco, while cigarettes brands contained the highest concentrations of K, Mn, Ni, Ba, and Sr. There was no significant difference between the mineral contents of local and foreign cigarettes and conventional and light cigarettes. Our findings demonstrated that local smokeless tobacco appears to be the most hazardous tobacco type. The concentration of minerals in light cigarettes was not significantly different from the concentration in conventional cigarettes. Copyright © 2017 The Editorial Board of Biomedical and Environmental Sciences. Published by China CDC. All rights reserved.

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Ikram Houas, Hassen Teyeb, Arancha Rochina-Marco, Wahiba Douki, Mohamed Fadhel Najjar, Lotfi Gaha, Maria Luisa Cervera, Miguel DE LA Guardia. Comparison of Mineral Contents in Three Different Tobacco Formulations. Biomedical and environmental sciences : BES. 2017 Jan;30(1):52-58

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