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From:
Institute of Medicine, Marijuana and Health, Washington,D.C.
National Academy Press, 1988
Table
3 : Marijuana and Tobacco Reference Cigarette Analysis of Mainstream
Smoke (pg 17)
| A.Cigarettes |
|
Units |
Marijuana |
Tobacco |
|
|
(85mm) |
(85mm) |
| Average
Weight |
(mg) |
1115 |
1110 |
| Mositure
|
(%) |
10.3 |
11.1 |
| Pressure
Drop |
cm |
14.7 |
7.2 |
| Static
Burning rate |
mg/s |
0.88 |
0.80 |
| Puff
Number |
|
10.7 |
11.1 |
| B.Mainstream
Smoke |
| I.
Gas Phase |
Units |
Marijuana |
Tobacco |
| Carbon
Monoxide |
% |
3.99 |
4.58 |
| |
mg |
17.6 |
20.2 |
| Carbon
Dioxide |
% |
8.27 |
9.38 |
| |
mg |
57.3 |
65.0 |
| Ammonia
|
mcg |
228 |
199 |
| HCN
|
mcg |
532 |
498 |
| Cyanogen
(CN)2 |
mcg |
19 |
20 |
| Isoprene
|
mcg |
83 |
310 |
| Acetaldehyde
|
mcg |
1200 |
980 |
| Acetone
|
mcg |
443 |
578 |
| Acrolein
|
mcg |
92 |
85 |
| Acetonitrilebenzene
|
mcg |
132 |
123 |
| Benzene
|
mcg |
76 |
67 |
| Toluene
|
mcg |
112 |
108 |
| Vinyl
chloride |
ng |
5.4 |
12.4 |
| Dimethylnitrosamine
|
ng |
75 |
84 |
| Methylethylnitrosamine |
ng |
27 |
30 |
| pH,
third puff |
|
6.56 |
6.14 |
| fifth
puff |
|
6.57 |
6.15 |
| seventh
puff |
|
6.58 |
6.14 |
| ninth
puff |
|
6.56 |
6.10 |
| tenth
puff |
|
6.58 |
6.02 |
| II.
Particulate phase |
Units |
Marijuana |
Tobacco |
| Tl
particulate - dry |
mg |
22.7 |
39.0 |
| Phenol
|
mcg |
76.8 |
138.5 |
| o-Cresol
|
mcg |
17.9 |
24 |
| m-
and p-Cresol |
mcg |
54.4 |
65 |
| Dimethylphenol
|
mcg |
6.8 |
14.4 |
| Catechol
|
mcg |
188 |
328 |
| Cannbidiol
|
mcg |
190 |
| D9
THC |
mcg |
820 |
| Cannabinol
|
mcg |
400 |
| Nicotine
|
mcg |
|
2850 |
| N-Nitrosonornicotine
|
ng |
|
390 |
| Naphthalene
|
mcg |
3.0 |
1.2 |
| 1-Methylnaphthalene
|
mcg |
6.1 |
3.65 |
| 2-Methylnaphthalese
|
mcg |
3.6 |
1.4 |
| Benz(a)anthracene
|
ng |
75 |
43 |
| Benzo(a)pyrene
|
ng |
31 |
21.1 |
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