Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in US and Swedish smokeless tobacco products

BMC Chemistry

Table 3 Contributions of the individual PAH to the totals for each product type (ng/g DWB)

	Average PAH concentration for each product type (ng/g DWB)
	Loose snus	Portion snus	Chewing tobacco	Dry snuff	Hard pellet	Soft pellet	Moist snuff	Plug
2-Ring
Naphthalene	96.6	112	54.0	84.9	69.7	76.5	110	53.4
1-methylnaphthalene	32.2	43.0	20.1	75.2	19.2	74.2	62.0	18.3
2-methylnaphthalene	17.6	27.0	10.4	60.0	10.5	65.6	46.9	9.51
3-Ring
Acenaphthylene	4.40	6.68	5.3	62.6	4.79	81.6	52.9	2.68
Acenaphthene	4.86	8.65	3.4	49.5	5.31	79.6	48.3	4.39
Fluorene	21.8	29.3	15.6	429	21.3	695	437	8.89
Phenanthrene	73.0	76.3	207	2925	40.0	4541	3339	71.1
Anthracene	10.1	11.6	38.6	625	7.58	1210	731	13.3
4-Ring
Fluoranthene	57.7	47.7	183	1512	9.84	2550	1854	67.9
Pyrene	42.8	36.6	163	1520	10.6	2519	1856	63.9
Benzo[a]anthracene	7.57	6.85	32.9	456	2.60	832	545	14.8
Chrysene	12.6	11.8	37.1	468	3.57	789	543	17
5-Ring
Benzo[b]fluoranthene	3.36	3.03	7.3	74.2	0.938	97.6	80.0	3.35
Benzo[k]fluoranthene	2.06	1.95	3.7	32.3	0.644	38.4	34.0	1.87
Benzo[j]fluoranthene	2.48	2.39	5.9	55.9	0.688	65	57.9	2.89
Benzo[e]pyrene	2.50	2.26	6.0	65.8	0.821	77.4	67.7	2.8
Benzo[a]pyrene	2.93	2.53	6.0	80.4	0.971	117	87.4	3.25
Perylene	0.715	0.70	1.1	11.2	NQ	13.7	11.1	0.307
Dibenz[a,h]anthracene	NQ	0.55	0.5	5.7	BDL	5.67	6.67	NQ
6-Ring
Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene	2.00	1.47	3.6	31.0	0.452	26.1	35.8	1.59
Benzo[ghi]perylene	2.03	1.47	3.4	27.9	0.479	17.4	33.7	1.47
TOTAL	399	434	808	8651	210	13972	10039	363

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