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Vol. 2 - 44.1-44.30 (Printed Version) - Tabl* 44.8

Indoor Air Quality

TOBACCO SMOKE

Some toxic and tumorigenic agents in indoor environments polluted by tobacco smoke

Pollutant

Location

Concentration/m3

Nitric oxide

Workrooms
Restaurants
Bars
Cafeterias

50-440 mg
17-240
mg
80-250
mg
2.5-48
mg

Nitrogen dioxide

Workrooms
Restaurants
Bars
Cafeterias

68-410 mg
40-190
mg
2-116
mg
67-200
mg

Hydrogen cyanide

Living-rooms

8-122 mg

1,3-Butadiene

Bars

2.7-4.5 mg

Benzene

Public places

20-317 mg

Formaldehyde

Living-rooms
Taverns

2.3-5.0 mg
89-104
mg

Acrolein

Public places

30-120 mg

Acetone

Coffee houses

910-1,400 mg

Phenols (volatile)

Coffee houses

7.4-11.5 ng

N-Nitrosodimethylamine

Bars, restaurants, offices

<10-240 ng

N-Nitrosodiethylamine

Restaurants

<10-30 ng

Nicotine

Residences
Offices
Public buildings

0.5-21 mg
1.1-36.6
mg
1.0-22
mg

2-Toluidine

Offices
Cardroom with smokers

3.0-12.8 ng
16.9 ng

b-Naphthylamine

Offices
Cardroom with smokers

0.27-0.34 ng
0.47 ng

4-Aminobiphenyl

 Offices
Cardroom with smokers

0.1 ng
0.11 ng

Benz(a)anthracene

Restaurants

1.8-9.3 ng

Benzo(a)pyrene

Restaurants
Smokers’ rooms
Living-rooms

2.8-760 mg
88-214
mg
10-20
mg

NNNa

Bars
Restaurants

4.3-22.8 ng
ND
b-5.7 ng

NNKc

Bars
Restaurants
Cars with smokers

9.6-23.8 ng
1.4-3.3 ng
29.3 ng

a NNN=N‘-nitrosonornicotine.
b ND=not detected.
c NNK=4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone.

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Updated by AS. Approved by JT. Last modification: 1 July 2002.