1'ROM/0L A. Porter / TO/A: S.R. Massey
November 27, 1986
Effort and Cost of Measuring Smoke Components
In Cigarette Market Samples
In order to estimate the effort and cost of measuring the smoke
components requested by the government it Is assumed that all our
brands (50) and those opposition brands (28) that we currently
monitor for tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide, will be included in
the survey. It is also assumed that these measurements will be
made biannually.
Nitric Oxide (NO):
NO is measured on a puff by puff basis using an on-line
chemiluminescence detector. Such a detector can be installed on
one of the smoking machines In the Analytical Services Department,
and cetermination of NO can be made simultaneously with tar,
nicotine and carbon Monoxide. when required. Hence no additional
effort will be required for this analysis.
Capital Cost: $22.600
+ installation.
Labou, 0
Total Aldehydes, HCN, Formaldehyde and Ac role In:
Analysis of these Components will be carried out on the same smoke
samples, collected using the 6 port BAT smoking machine. The whole
smoke condensates will be divided into 2 parts - one for
determination of HCN and total aldehydes using an autoanalyser
method and the other for determination of formaldehyde and acrolein
using HPLC . Provided we have an autoanalyser method and an auto-
sampler for the HPLC, the analyses themselves will not be the rate
limiting steps (Autoanalyser - 20 samples/hour, HPLC - 40 samples/
day).
Since the analyses require 5 cigarettes/brand (total for all the
analyses), It is possible to collect smoke from 12-18 brands/day.
Samples can be accumulated for analysis by autoanalyser and HPLC
(although their stabilities should be investigated before the
procedure is finalized).
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Hence total labour IS 5-10 person days per set of 78 brands. On a
biannual basis this IS 10-20 person days/year.
Capital Cost: HPLC Autosampler $10,000.
Autoanalyser Methods $20.000.
Labour 10-20 Person days/year.
Benzo (a) Pyrene (8(a) P) :
Benzo (a) pyrene is determined using a time consuming HPLC method.
In this instance the rate limiting step is the analysis rather than
the smoke collection. It has been estimated that the maximum
sample throughput is 3/day,
If all 78 brands are determined for B(a)P, 52 persons days/year
would be required for analysis. We are, however, looking for an
alternative more rapid method.
Capital Cost: HPLC columns $1,000
Labour Cost : 52 person days/year.
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C. McBride
C. Saint-Joly
G. Du PI es
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