Product Design
The Influence of Paper Additives on Cigarette Sidestream and Mainstream Deliveries
Abstract
Describes the effect on mainstream and sidestream smoke of adding chemicals to cellulose fiber cigarette paper. States that cigarette papers usually contain a burn additive. Uses sodium, potassium and magnesium salts of weak organic acids, phosphates, aluminum sulphate, citric acid, sodium carbonate and pectin as additives. Reports an increase in burn rate from most of the chemical additives, with potassium salts causing a greater increase than sodium salts. States that chemical additives tend to increase mainstream carbon monoxide delivery, but reduced puff numbers mitigates this. Finds that acidic burn additives reduce the sidestream nicotine emission.
Fields
- Author
- B.A.T. Industries, Ltd.Defense
- Dittrich, D.J.
Defense- Robinson, David P. (BAT GR&DC Aerosol Science)
Defense- *Baker, R.R. (use Baker, Richard R.)
Change Control - Dittrich, D.J.
- Recipient
- Binns, Richard (BATCO GR&DC Dept. Head )R. Binns was a BATCO Dept. Head. (N.M. Tobacco Companies Personnel List)
- de Siqueira, C.J.P. (Scientist at BAT 1975-76)
Scientist at British-American Tobacco Co. Ltd.(?)in 1975-76.- Dunn, Patrick J. (ITC R&D, Montreal, Canada, c 1985-6)
Manager, Analytical Services and Director of Smoking Behavior Research at Imperial Tobacco, Canada. Went by "Pat" or P.J."- Gilderdale, R.F. (BATCO Central America & Mexico Caribbean Coordinator)
Defense- Heard, Alan L. (BAT GR & DC Programs Worldwide Coordinator)
Worldwide coordinator for British American Tobacco's Group Research and Development programmes, around the mid 1980s. BAT Group R&D Manager, Southampton, 1984.- Kausch, Erwin (BAT)
Hamburg- Massey, S.R. (Stewart), Dr. (BAT Canada R&D Manager)
- Reynolds, Martin Lance (BW Director of Research)
Also served as Director of Product Development.- Rittershaus, E.
- Thomsen, H. V. (BAT)
1994 Member of Coresta Task Force - de Siqueira, C.J.P. (Scientist at BAT 1975-76)
- Hypothesis
- Sidestream constituent yieldsModification of selected sidestream smoke constituents in response to health concerns.
- Mainstream constituent yields
Modification of selected mainstream smoke constituents in response to health concerns.- Use of additives
Modification of tobacco products through use of additives and measuring effects on dependence, behavior, and toxicity. - Mainstream constituent yields
- Keyword
- Burn rate controlBurn rate is controlled through use of burn additives, density, paper, etc.
- Sidestream smoke
- Sidestream visibility
- Irritation (Attribute measure)
- Sidestream smoke
- Additive
- Sodium acetate
- Potassium chloride
- Magnesium carbonate
- Citric acid
- Aluminum sulfate
- Sodium carbonate
- Potassium chloride
- Smoke Constituent
- Nicotine
- Carbon monoxide
- Design Component
- Low sidestream paper
- Paper permeability
- Subject
- Paper (Design)
- additives
- secondhand smoke
- additives
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THE INFLUENCE OF PAPER ADDITIVES
ON CIGARETTE SIOESTREAM AND
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REPORT NO. RD.2086
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THE INFLUENCE OE PAPER ADDITIVES ON CIGARETTE
SIDESTREAJ~ AND MAINSTREAM DELIVERIES
REPORT NO. RD.2086
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SUMMARY
This Report describes the effect of applying chemical additives
to cigarette papers on the mainstream and sidestream smoke
cha~ac%eris%i~s of cigarette~. Cohventional cigarette papers
are made from natural cellulose fibre, filler (normally
calcium carbonate) and in most cases a burn additive. The
cigarette papers to which chemical additives were applied
in this study were a conventional paper, a high basis weight
pager c~ntainin~ magnesium hydroxide as gar% Qf the filler,
and also a paper with titanium dioxide as the main filler.
The chemical additives chosen, sodium, potassium and magnesium
salts of weak organic acids, phophates, aluminium sulphate,
citric acid, sodium carbonate and pecti~, were ones likely to
give good reductions in ViSible sidestream frem earlier
work.
Application of most of the chemical additives examined Caused
the bur~ rate of the cigarette to incre3~e, the potassium
salts causing a greater increase in the burn rate than the
sodium salts. Addition of chemical additives to cigarette
paper %~nds %~ i~cr~ase ~ain~%rea~ cB~b~n ~n~x~e delivery i~
percentage vo]ume/volume terms, but because of the reduue~
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puff ~umbers of the cigarettes, the delivery of carbon monoxide
per cigaretze (mg) does not necessarlly increase. Acldic burn
additives in the ciBarette payer reduce the sidestream aic~ti~e
emission of the cigarette by a simil~r amount as the rest of
%he partl~late ~ha&e. This is ~t achieved with ~her
additives where the reduction of particulate matter (~ater
and nicotine free) is much ureater t~an the nicotine reductlon.
KEY ~OR~S
Low Sidestream Cigarettes
Cigarette Paper Additives
Burn Additives
Cigarette Paper
Cigarette DesiBn
Sidestream VislbiTity
Mainstream Smoke
P~fi ~umi~er
Static Burn Rate
Smoke Deliveries
TNA
PMWNF
Irritation
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CONTENTS
i. INTRODUCTION
R. EXPERIMENTAL METHOD
2.1 Bobbin Application
2.2 Spill Application
3. CIGARETTE SPECIFICATION
3.1 Paper Specification
3.2 Tobacco Type
3.3 Cigarette Construction
4. RE-REEL STUDIES: RESULTS
5. RE-REEL STUDIES: DISCUSSION
5.1 Influence of Potassium TartraLe
Additive Level
5.2 Effect of Sodium Acetate Addition
5.3 Effect of Potassium Lactate Addition
5.A Effect of Magnesium Citrate/Citric
Acid Addition
5.5 Acidic Burn Additives
5.5.1 Effect of Aluminium Sulphate
Addition
5.5.2 Effect of Ammonium Oihydrogen
Orthophosphate Addition
5.5.3 Effect of Potassium Dihydrogen
Phosphate Addition
5.5.4 Effect of Citric Acid Addition
5.6 Effect of SoGium Carbonate Addition
5.7 Effect of Pectin Addition
6. SPILL APPLICATION:RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Spill Application of Potassium
Dihydrogen Phosphate
6.2 Spill Application of Sodium Lactate
6.3 Spill Application of Sodium Oihydrogen
Phosphate
6.4 Spill Application of Disodium
Hydrogen Citrate
6.5 Spill Application of Sodium Dihydrogen
Sulphate
5.6 Spill Application of Sodium Carbonate
6.7 Spill Application of Sodium Tarcrate
7. CONCLUSIONS
N. REFERENCES
TABLES 1-6
FIGURES i-6
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i. INTRODUCTIQN
Cigarette paper consists of natural cellulose fibre, filler
(normally calcium carbonate) and in most cases a burn additive.
The fibre is the basic constitueng of the paper and forms the
~web~ (a structure of interwoven fibres). The filler is
added primarily go increase the opacity of the paper, amd to
improve its appearance. The burn additive is used mainiy as
an ash conditioner (to improve the ash appearance) and also
hag a second major role in congro]ling the burn rate of the
cigarette.
Reductions in sidestream emissions from cigarettes can be
produced by chan~es in the cigarette paper specification.
The main paper parameters which offer Control over the
sidestream emissions of cigarettes are: filler type and
level {1), inherent permeability (2), basis weight and the
type and level of chemical burn additive used (3, 4). The
above four parameters are inter-related, for example increasing
the chalk filler content of the paper wiil tend to increase
permeability aild basis w~igh~ if other factors are kept
ConsbanP.
The objective of ~he present study was tQ assess tbe effect,
on the mainstream deliveries and Sidestream emissions of
cigarettes, of the addition of various chemical additives to a
number of different base paper types. The purpose of the
investigation was to obtain a greater understanding of the
influence of additive level oa the paper, and the effect of
changing base paper type. The additives chosen were ones
likely to give a good reduction in visible sidestream from
earlier work (5).
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2. EXPERIMENTAL METHOD
Burn additives were applied to the cigarette papers in the
laboratory by two methods, bobbin and spill application,
described below.
2.1 Bobbin Application
The de-reeler Applicator {6) has been used to produce small
bobbins, approximately 500 m in length, of the cigarette
paper with chemical applied. The Re-ree~er Applicator is a
reel to reei device which applies an aqueous solution of the
chemical via pickup and transfer rollers from a bath. The
wet treated paper is then dried as it passes between two
heater plates, prior to being re-wound onto a bobbin core.
2.2 Spill Application
In the second method, the burn additives were applied to the
cigarette spill after the tobacco had been removed. The
tobacco was b]uwn out of the cigarette using the Cigarette
Refabrication Unit (7).
]he burn additive was applied in solution to the empty cigarette
paper spill via the Cigarette Spill Applicator (8), and the
excess w~ter evaporated from the spil] in situ via a compressed
air supply. After the burn additive had been applied to the
spills, tobacco was hlnwn back into them from cigarettes of
the s~me construction, using the Cigarette Refabrioation
Unit. In this manner sufficient cigarettes were produced in
order to carry out the required mainstream and siGestream
smoke analyses.
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3. CIGARETTE SPECIFICATIONS
3.1 Paper Specifications
The cigarette papers used in this exercise had the following
nominal specifications.
(a)
556NC - chemical free, 25 CORESTA units (e.g.)
permeability, conventional weight of 23 g m-2.
(b)
12-¢GACO - chemical free, 12 C.U. permeability, with
111% magnesium hydroxide filler measured as the oxide
at a high bosis weight of 40 g m-2.
(c)
12-4C10 - 12 E.g. permeability, with 10% tripobassium
citrate burn additive, at a high basis weight of
40 g m-2.
(d) 12NO - chemical free, 12 C.U. permeability, conventional
weight of 27 g m-2.
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3-21 CTTgCU - 9 C.U. permeability, with 15% titanium
dioxide filler, conventional weight of 24 g m-2.
55C - 3.5 C.U. permeability, with 10% tripotassium
citrate burn additive, low calcium ¢arbonaze filler
level {15%), at a high basis weight of gO g m-2.
(g) 12-40ACI0 - 12 C.U. base paper perforated to a final
permeability of 80 C.U., containing 10% tripo~assium
citrate burn additive, 10% magnesium hydroxide filler
measured as the oxidep at a nigh basis weight of
40 g m-2.
The 12-4 GACO, 12-4 CIO and Ig~C (papers b, c and d) were
selected in order to show the effect of chemica~ addition be
cigarette paper at the same air permeability, on papers
conbdini~g magnesitzm ~ydrnxide filler, high citrate level
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and conventional chalk filler respectively, 3-21 CTTgCU
(paper e) was used for the addition of the acidic burn additives
because of the neutral nature of the titanium dioxide fi]ler,
a]lowing the pH of the paper to be reduced more easily than
with papers containing basic chalk and magnesium oxide fillers.
The S5C (paper f) was used as a high citrate paper similar
to the 12-4CIg but at a much lower air permeability. The
additional control gaper in the exercise was the 12-4 DACIO
(paper g}, as an example of a low visibility sidestream
paper made by Papeteries De Mauduit. The 556NC (paper a)
was used to ascertain whether the addition of pectin had any
effect on a conventional cigarette paper. Table I gives the
cigarette paper analysis for bhese base papers prior to the
addition of chemicals via the ge-ree]er Applicator or the
Cigarette Spill Applicator.
Table 2 gives the ci~areLte code, the base paper used, the
additive type and level plus the final permeability of the
paper, in CORESTA units, of the cigarette papers to which
chemicals were applied using the Re-reeler Applicator.
It can be seen from Table 2 that a range of potassium tartrate
levels (3 for each paper) were added to the 12-4GACO,
12-4CI0 and 12 NC papers. A range of levels of potassium
tartrate additive was included in order to evaluate the effect
on the emission of various smoke components in the mainstream
and sidestream smoke.
In order to maintain a reasonably sizem experimental design
it was not possib1~ LO consider the influence of additive
level and typ~ on all the base papers. However, sodium
acetate, potassium citrate and magnesium citrate/citric acid
were evaluated a~ one level on three of the cigarette pagers
12-4GACO, 12-4CI0 and 12 NC.
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Blend 188 Virginia type with 8% expanded tobacco inclusion.
TNA 2.07%, reducing sugar 15.8% and total sugar 20.3% on a
dry weight basis.
Cuts per inch = 30
3.3 Cigarette Construction
Tobacco rod length - 64 mm
Tobacco rod circumference - 24.25 mm
Tobacco density - 250 mg/cc
Filter length = 20 mm
Filter circumferencB = 24.05 mm
Filter type cellulose acetate ref. No, 85F29
4. RE-REEL STUDIES: RESULTS
Tables 3 anm ¢ give the mainstream and sidestr~am smoke results
for the cigarettes. The cigarettes were smoked to a filter
plus 8 mm butt mark For mainstream with an 8 port scrambled
smoking on a 14odel 300 Filtrona smoking engine. Sidestream
smoke results were obtained by the standard fishtail method
(D221), the cigarettes ~eing smoked to the same filter plus
8 mm butt mark.
5. RE-REEL STUDIES: DISCUSSION
5.1 Influence of Potassium Tartrate Additive Level
Increasing the level of potassium tartrate on the chemical
free, ]gNC, and the magnesium hydroxide. 12-4GACO, cigarette
papers gave a reduction in puff number of the cigarette.
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This wag as expected as the addition of most burn additives
at normal levels of addition to cigarette papers tend to
produce an increase in the cigarette burn rate. This is
reflected by both the 12NC and 12-4GACO static burn rate
value as a function of additive level as indicated in Table 3.
However, it has previously been identified (9) that as the
burn additive level is increased, on a given base paper, the
burn rate will increase until reaching a maximum value at a
certain additive level. After this point, the burn rate
will decrease with furzher burn additive aGdition.
A plot of cigarette puff number versus potassium tartrate
level for 12NC, 12-4GACO and 12-4C10 papers is shown in
Figure I. It can be seen from this graphical plot, that
cigarettes made with 12NC and 12-4GACO papers show the
expected trend of decreasing puff number with additive level,
whereas the 12-4C1g sample is largely uninfluenced by
the level of potassium tartrate. The relative]y constant
puff number with the L2-4CI0 sample is due to the paper
already having a high level of burn additive addition in the
form of 9.1% tri-potassium citrate and this loading of citrate
is sufficient for the burn rate to start decreasing when
additional burn additive is applied.
A plot of mainstream carbon monoxide v~rsus additive level
is shown in Figure 2a in % v/v terms. With the 12NC cigarette
paper, an increase in potassium tartrate level gave a clear
increase the mainstream earoon monoxide in percentage volume/
volume terms from this cigarette, However, gO in mg/cig
from the cigarette (Figure 2b), showed a slight decrease and
then a slight increase with increasing potassium Lartrate
additio~l level to the cigarette paper.
This apparent modification in the change in the trend of CO
with additive level is because the puff number of the cigarette
decreases rapidly (i.e. i~creases burn rate)~ with the initial
addition of low levels ~f potassium tartrate to the cigarette
paper (Figure i), and then shows less of a decrease in puff
~umber as the level ~f aeditive is further increased.
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The 12-4CI0 shows an increase in CO in both volume/voluble and
mg/eig terms from the cigarettes with increasing potassium
tartrate level on the paper. This is as expected because of
the slight increase in puff number with the 12-4CI0 paper
with increasing potassium tartrate addition level. The 12-
4GACO shows an increase in CO % volume/volume from the
cigarette with increasing potassium tartrate level on the
paper. This. when combined with the effects of a decreasing
puff number, gives a reduction in CO in mg/cig with increasing
potassium tartrate level. Therefore, the addition of potassium
tartrate to a pager containing magnesium hydruxide provides
reductions in the mainstream deliveries of CO from the cigarette.
A plot of cigarette mainstream particulate matter, water and
nicotine free. (PMWWF) and total nicotine alkaloids (TNA)
versus additive level on the cigarette paper is shown in
Figures 3a and 3b respectively. These figures show that
both cigarette TNA and PMWNF tend to decrease with increasing
potassium tartrate level on the 12NC and 12-4GAC0 papers.
This would be expected from the effect potassium tartrate
level on puff number (Figure ]), i.e. as the puff number is
decreased, the total mainstream delively of the cigarette is
reduced. With the IE-4CIO gaper there is little change in
TNA and PMWNF with increasing potassium tartrate addition
level t~ the cigarette gaper. This was again as expected
due to the relatively constant puff number with increasing
levels of additive on this paper.
Figure 4a shows a plot of the cigarette sidestre&m PMWNF and
Figure 4b T~A versus percentage potassium tartrate on the
pager. From the glott~d delivery data in Figur~ 4a and 4b.
the trends in behaviour fur 12-4SAC~ and 12-4CI0 are not
clear. The only paper which shows a consistent trend for
both TNA and PMWNF i5 the 12NC cigarette gaper. The 12 NC
gapen shows a slight decrease in TNA and PMWNF from the
~igarettes with increasing potassium tantrate addition,
With the 12-4GACO cigarett~ paper, the effect on increasing
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level of potassium tartrate on the PMWNF is to give an
increasing reduction in emission until appro×imate]y the
3.5% addition level, after which the PMWNF delivery starts
to rise again, this is again as expected (9). Huwever, the
effect of increasing levels of potassium tartrate on TNA
emission follows the opposite trend and accounts for the
increased TNA/PMWNF ratio in the sidestream of cigarettes
based on the magnesium hydroxide/high level burn additive
formulation. The effect of increasing potassium tartra[e
level on the TNA and PMWNF emisisons for the 12-4CI0 paper
is complex as can be seen from Figure 4. The slope of the
curves for the 12-4C10 cigarebte paper may in part be due to
the fairly constant cigarette puff number achieved with
incrmasing chemical level, but this only gives a partial
explanation of the results.
The chanye in sidestream TNA to PMWNF ratio, with increasing
level of potassium tartrate on the cigarette papers, is
shown further in Figure 5. This Figure shows an increasing
TNA/PMWNF ratio for cigarettes made with the 12NC cigarette
paper, with increasing percentage potassium tartrate addition.
Whereas for cigarettes made with both the 12-4GAC0 and
12-4C10, the TNA/PMWNF ratio reaches a maximum with increasing
potassium tartrate addition and then ~ecreases with further
increase in additive level. This sidestream TNA/PMWNE
ratio is important with regard to the subjective response
to sidestream irritation (10), and the ability to be able to
reduce the sidestrcam TNA/PMWNF ratie by the optimisation of
the level of addition of a burn additive could potentially
be advantageous.
Figure 6 shows a plot of the percentage reduction in sidestream
PMWNF versus percentage potassium tar~rate additinn t~ the
three Cigarette papers. The percentage reductions in sidestream
PMWNF were Calculated using the ei~issions OT the cigarettes
made with the appropriate base papers, i.e. the untreated
12-4GACII, 12-4 Clg and 12NC. The percentage reductions
would therefore be higher if they were plotted using a cigarette
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made with a ~onventional paper at a permeability of about
50 C,U.~ as the contr~l value, It can be seen fro~ Figure 6
that there i$ an optimum ]evel of potassium tartrate addition
wh?ch will give the maximum PMWNF red~ction for cigarettes
made witll a piven paper, ~or the 12-AGACO paper, this addition
]eve] is surprisinply low at abou~ 3.5% w/w, which is much
lower than the 5-10% addition levels of tri-potassium citrate
~d s~m a~et~e tha~ we have pre,liously tri~d as ad~itiws
on this type of paper (paper containing magnesium hydroxide)
with Papeterles de Mauduit (11). The 12NC paper shows the
optimum level af ~otassium tartrate ~dd~t~on m~Y be beyond
the maximum level applied of 8.1%, Whereas the 12-~CL0
paper has a high level of tri-po~assium citrate ~Iready
present on the ciparette paper, Therefore the effect ~f
adding the po~sslum tartrate is tO produce a large total
~h~mic~l ~ev~I ~ the ~per, m~ki~g the ~p~im~m I~ ~f
addition to the IZ-4CI0 paper very low at about 1.5%.
5.2 Effec~ of Sodium Acetate Addition
From Ta~les 3 and 4, the effect o[ sodium acetate a~dit~on to
the ¢ig~rett~ paper" on m~in~trea~ and sides~re~l r~sul~$ can
~e e~1~ted, F~r ¢ig~rett~ c~de~ ~3~3, V34A ~ V3~5
sodium acetate was added to the 12oAGAC{], 12-A~l(] and 12NC
cigaretbe ~aper$ r~spe~ively. The sodium acetate ~a$ only
appl~ed at one level t~ each of the ~hree cigarette paper
types. However, it i5 reasonable to make the assumption
%hat the s~i~m ~cet~e b~rn ~d~iti~ will f~]]~ th~ s~me
general ~rends as ~he ~otas~iunl tartr~te regarding the effect
of ~dd~:ive level on smoke ~hara~er~ics, This assumption
i~ sup~cted by the ~imi]ari~y found between the ~otas~ium
ta~'trate r~s~i~s and the effect of potassium citrat~ addition
(~). The main e~fects can be Suiiimari~d as follows for the
1Z-AGACO, 12-4 CLO and 12NC cigarette papers. The ac~dJ~ion
of sodi~r~ ac~ate to the cigarette [)~per ~ives an increase
iTl ~ff ~ber r~]ativ~ t~ Cigarettes ~ad~ ~ith p~pe~s
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containing potassium tartrate. AS would be expected, this
is shown ~lso by the static burn rate (SBR) figures i~ mm
min-I which are lower for the sodium acetate addibive.
The addition of sodium acetate in place of potassium bartrate
also gives slightly greater reductions in sidestream TNA
values for the cigarette, Whereas the sidestream PM~F
emissions are similar for additions to the cigarette paper
of both burn additives, there is an increase in the PMWNF
and TNA in mainstream with the sodium acetate when compared
with the potas~hJm tartrate additive. The increase in PMWNF
with the sodium acetate, by calculation of the mean PMWNF
values per puff, is very close to the value obbained for the
potassium Lartrate. Therefore the increase in PMWNF is
pFobably a puff number effect. However, the increase in T~A
is approximately 6.5% higher bhan wouid be expected from a
puff number ~ffect, Therefore~ the sodium acebat~ is ~ffecting
a slightly better m~instream/sidestream partitioning of TNA
than the potassium ~artrate.
5.3 Effect of Potassium Lactate Addition
A comparison similar to the above can also be made between the
potassium bartrate and the potassium l~ctate additives, I~
this case, the effect OF the two burn additives on the three
papers are almost identical, apart from a slightly lower
SBR and ~ence slightly higher puff number for cigarettes
made with papers containing the potassium lactate additive.
5.4 Effect of Magnesium Citrate/Citric Acid Addition
From Tables g and 4 (cigarette codes V34B, V350 and V351)
the addition of a mixture containing magnesium citrate and
citric acid applied to the cigarette paper can be evaluated
for its effect o~ the mainstream an~ $idesbream smoke
characteristics. This mixture was applied ~% one level to
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earn of the fol7owing cigarette pagers: 12-4GACO, 12-& CI0
and 12~C. The solutions used for the application of the two
additives contained nearly equal quantities of both the
magnesium citrate and citric acid on a weight volume basis,
the actual amount of the additives present in the cigarette
papers after application are shown in Table 2. The effect
of addition of citric acid go cigarette paper is described
later in this report, hub because ot the lack of solubility
of magnesium citrate in water as opposed to citric acid
solution, the effect of magnesium citrate addition on its
own could not be evaluated,
The main effects of the magnesium citrate/citric acid mixture
on the mainstream smoke deliveries and sidestream Smoke
emissions on cigarettes made witb the three treated cigarette
pagers can be suNmarised as follows:
The addition of the mixed burn additive gave a decrease in the
SBR in mm min"I for cigarettes mado with all three ~ager
types when compared to cigarettes made with the base papers
(i.e. untreated). This, as expected, gave an increased puff
number for the treated samples. AI] the treated samples gave
a reduction in sidestream PMWNF, the range of reductions was
10% to 18%, when compared to the untreated samgles, The
greatest PMWNF reduction, i,e, the 18%, was obtained from
the cigarette with the magnesium citrate/citric acid applied
t~ the 12 ~CI0 cigarette paper.
The additinn of the mixed additive to the 12-gGACO and 12-4
CIO gapers gives little chang~ in sidestream TNA, when compared
with cigarettes made from the base pagers. However, there
was a reduction in sidestr~'am TNA when the ISNC pager was
used. The reason for thi~ was probably due to the fact that
this gaper is a chemical free conventional pagor and therefore
the sides~ream TNA is high with cigarettes made with this
paper relative to the 12-gGACO an~ 12-4 CI0 gapers. Therefore
it is easier to get an imgrovement~ i .e TNA reduction> because
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the starting point is the worst situation possible. The
mainstream PMWNF and TNA deliveries are little affected by
the addition of the magnesium citrate/citric acid to the
cigarette paper, apart from slight increases due to increases
in the puff number.
~,b Acimic Burn Additives
From Tables 3 ana 4 (cigarette codes V352. V353, V354 and V356)
the addition of additives which are acidic in aqueous solution
can be evaluated. The addizives used were aluminium sulphate,
a~onium dihydrogen orthophosphate, potassium hydrogen phosphate
and citric acid. The levels of these additives applied are
shown in Taole 2. These acidic burn additives were applied
to the 3-21 CTTgCU cigarette paper, because of the neutral
nature of its titanium dioxide filler, Section 3. Hence, if
the pH of the paper can be redcued by the addition of acidic
additives, there is a greater probability of the basic componeTltS
in the si~eszream smoke becoming trapped on the paper and
subsequently burnt to lower molecular weight compounds (12).
The indicator of this process occurring with these samples,
is a reduction in the sidestream TNA. as nicotine is basic.
A reduction in sidestream TNA will gi~e a reduction in the
subjective evaluation of the sidestream smoke irritation (ig).
5.5.1 Effect of Aluminium Sulphate Addition
A summary of the effect of aluminium sulphate addition,
obtained from an evaluation of the cigarettes made with
untreated and treated 3-21 CTTBCU cigarette paper, cigarette
codes V363 and VBBB, is as follows. ]he aluminium sulphate
addition to the cigarette paper resu!ted in an ~pproximately
i0% increase in the mainstream PMWBF and TNA delivery ~f the
cigarette, which was CauSed by a similar increase in the
puff number ~f the cigarette. The addition of aluminium
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sulphate to the paper also causes an increase in the mainstream
carbon monoxide in mg/cig, in the same order as the increase
in puff number. The Carbon monoxide in volume/volume terms
being the Same for the treated and untreated cigarettes.
Sidestream emission results from the aluminium sulphate
treated cigarettes s~owed a g% decrease in TNA, a 9% increase
in PMWNF and a]so a slight reduction in carbon monoxide.
Therefore, the aluminum sulphate as expected gave a reduction
in sidestream TNA and a decrease in the sidestream TNA/PMNNF
ratio.
5.5.2 Effect of Ammonium Dih%drogen Ortnophos~hate Addition
A summary of the main effects of ammonium dii!ydrogen
orthophosphate can be made by evaluation of cigarettes with
untreated and treated paper, cigarette co~es V363 and V353,
The addition of ammonium dihydrogen orthophosphate tn the
cigarette paper caused a 26% increase in the mainstream
PMWNF and a 16% increase in the mainstream TNA delivery of
the cigarette. This increase in PMWNF and TNA was much
greater than could be caused by the very slight increase
(2%) in puff number. The treated cigarettes also gave d
very large increase in mainstream CO, 67% in mg/cig terms
and a 63% increase in % v/v. The addition of the normally
used burn additives to cigarette paper, i.e. sodium and
potassium citrates, formate and acetates plus some of the
phosphates, causes an increase in the mainstream CO delivery
in % v/v zerms (13). However, as thes~ burn additives tend
to increase the burn rate of the cigarette, there is a self
compensating effect and therefore the CO delivery in mg/cig
~erms aoes not increase by very much. Thu~, the large increase
in mainstream CO delivery with the cigarette containinS
ammonium dihydrogen orthopho~phate in the wrapper is partly
due to this previously seen 'chemical effect' coupled with
the fact that the burn rate is not increased, but is marginally
slower. The addition of the aGllllOrliUlll dillydrog~n orthophospha~e
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to the paper gave a 21% reduction in the sidestream TNA
emission of the cigarette. A reduction was expected, because
of the acidic burn additive paper pH theory already mentioned.
The treated cigarette gave a slight increase (= 4%) in the
sidestream PMWNF omission and therefore gave a low TNA/PMWNF
ratio of 0.17. This sample cigarette also shewed a slight
decrease in the sidestream CO mg/cig.
5,5.3 Effect of Potassium Dihydrogen Phosphate Addition
The main effects, on the deliveries of cigarettes, of the
addition of potassium dihydrogen phosphate to the 3-21
CTTgCU cigarette paper (V354) are as follows. There was a
26% fncrease in the mainstream PMWNF and a 20% increase in
the mainstream TNA delivery of the cigarette, The treated
sample also gave a slight increase in puff number (3%).
These results are very similar to those obtained for the
ammonium dihydrogen orthophospha~e described previously,
The potassium dihydrogen phosphate treated sample also gave
a 37% increase in the mainstream CO delivery in mg/cig terms.
The treated sample gave a 26% reduction in sidestream TNA
and a 23~ reduction in sidestre~m PMWNF emissions. Therefore,
although this sample gives quite a high reduction in sidestream
TNA emission, it gives a very small reduction in the TNA/PMWNF
ratio, The potassium dihydrogen ghosahate treated sample as
with the previous chemical additives, also gave a slight
reduction in the sidestream CO emission.
5.5.4 Effect of Citric Acid Addition
The last of hhe series of four additives added to the 3-21
CTT9CU paper was citric acid, cigarette code V35E. This
additive was apglied to the cigarette paper at a higher
level resulting in g.g% w/w on the p~per. The main effects
on the smoke results caused by addition of citric acid to
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the 3-21 CTTgCU cigarette paper were as fellows. The citric
acid treated sample gave a 12% increase in the mainstream
PMWNF and a 10% increase in the mainstream TNA deliveries.
This was in the order expected due to a 13% increase in the
puff number. The treated cigarettes also gave an 18%
increase in the mainstream CO (mg/cig); this was also close
to the value exoected. The cigarette with citric acid treated
paper gave a 14% reduction in the sidestream TNA and a 10%
reduction in the sidestream 9MWNF emissions. Therefore,
this cigarette gives only a slight reduction in the sidestream
TNA/PMWNF ratio. The addizion of citric acid in common with
the other chemicals added to the 3-21 CTTgCU paper also gave
a slight decrease in sideszream CO emission.
The effect of citric acid addition was also examined for the
S5C gaper, cigarette code V355. S5C is a cigarette paper
type with a high substance (go g m-21, low chalk inclusion
(L5% w/w) and a high level of tri-potassium citrate (I0% w/w).
It should be noted also, that the citric acid addition in
this case is much lower than the previous example, being
only 2.2~. The cigarette with the treated SgC paper gave a
!g% increase in mainstream T~A and a 4% increase in PMW~Fi
these being similar in magnitude to the 6% increase in guff
number, Also the treated cigarette Showed a L3~ increas~ in
th~ mainstream CO (m~/cig) delivery. Addition of citric
acid t~ the sgc cigarette paper gave an effect on the $idestream
Smoke emissions of the cigarette, a 20% reduction in TNA and
a 16% reduction in PMWNF. Therefore, the treated sample
only gave a small reduction in the TNA/PMWNF ratio. The
trea~ed sample also ~ave a small reduction in sidestream CO,
as with the previous citric acid sample on the 3-21CTTgCU
cigarette paper.
5.6 Effect of Sodium Carbonate Addition
fh~ effect of additiorl of sedium carbonate to the 12NC
cigarette paper can be summarised as follows, The treated
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cigarette gave a 38% increase in mainstream TNA, a 34% increase
i~ the mainstream PMWNF deliveries and a 9% increase in the
puff number. These changes in the mainstream TNA and PMWNF
are of a simi]ar order to the effect of some other burn
additives mentioned earlier in this report. However, the
increase in mainstream CO is very large, a g4% increase from
23.3 to 45.1 mg/cig. This is a much larger increase than
ha5 been seen with any of the previous burn additives. Only
a smail fraction of this increase can be explained by the
small increase in puff number and the slight drop in
permeability of the treated cigarette paper sample. Also if
all the available carbon from the carbonate was released in
the form of CO, this would only contribute about I mg to the
total delivery of CO. Therefore, the bulk of this large
increase in mainstream CO is not easily explained, apart
from the "chemical effect" men[ioned earlier in this report.
The effect of sodium carbonate addition to the cigarette
paper on the sidestream emissions of the cigarettes was as
follows. There was a 23% reduction in TNA and a 2h% reduction
in PMWNF delivery. Therefore, the sidestream TNA/PMWNF
ratio for this cigarette was in fact slightly increased over
the control cigarette with the untreated 12NC paper. The
treate~ sample also gave a 14% reduction in the sidestream
CO emission.
5.7 Effect of Pectin Addition
Pectin was added to the 556 cigarette paper at the highest
level possible using the Re-rc~ler applicator. This level
was only approximately 0.5% due t~ the viscosity oF the
solution to be applied. The purpose of including thi~ sample
was because the pectin s~euld combine with nicotine antl then
release it at a nigher temperature. It may~ therefore, have
given a reduction in the sidestream TNA emission, In fact,
~t the level of pectin addition applie~ to ~he cigarette
paper, the stroke results for cigarettes with the untreated and
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treated paper, cigarette codes V359 and V358, are so similar
that it can be stated that there is no difference in either
the mainstream smoke deliveries or the sidegtream smoke
emissions (Tables 2, g and 4).
6, SP[LL APPLICATION: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Additional samples were produced in order bo obtain further
information about some of the burn additives; also to evaluate
the effect of the sodium salt versus the previously made
potassium salt samples; and to examine some additional acidic
burn additives. These additional samples were produced
using the Cigarette Refabrication Unit (6) and the Cigarette
Spill Applicator, as described under Experimental Method,
Section 2. The papers used on these samples, chemical additive
and level plus the sidestream and mainstream results from
the "Fishtail' method are given in Table 5. The main effects
on the cigarette smoke results, due to the addition of these
additives to the cigarette papers are as follows.
5.1 Spill Appl~cation at Potassium Dihydroeen Phosphate
The a~dition of the potassium dihydrogen phosphate to the I~-
4GACO cigarette paper was carried out mainly to find ~ut
if the reduction in sidestream TNA obtained for the 3-21
CTTgCU paper could also be obtained for the 12-4GACO paper,
which produces an inherently lower sidestream TNA. From
Tables 4 and 5 it can he seen bhab the treated 12-4GAC0 and
3-21 CTTRCU papers, when made into cigarettes, both produce
the same sidestreai~ TNA value, i.e. 3.6 m@/cig. However, in
the case of the 3 21 CTTgCU paper, the sidestream TNA value
from Lhe unLreat~d clgarctle was 4.9 mg/cig and in the case
of the IZ-4GACO, the value was 4.0 rag/ciR. Therefore, a~ a
percentage reduction in TNA, the potassium dihydrogen phosphate
achieves only i0% on the !2-~-GACO, but a 26~- reduction on
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the 3-21CTT9CU paper, which is as would he expected due to
the less ~asic nature of the 3-21 CTTgCU paper. It is
interesting to note also that the treated 12-4GAC0 sample
gave a reductio~ iN the mains~rean ThA value, whereas the
treated 3-g1 CTTgCU sample gave an increase in the mainstream
TNA value, Part af this is due to the effect of puff number
on the mainstream smoke results. Howevef~ it does Suggest a
preferential partition of the mainstream/~idestream TNA
emissions,
6.2 S~ill Application of Sodii~m Lactate
The use of a sodium salt as a burn additive on the cigarette
paper will produce a slower burning cigarette than if the
same salt of potassium was used (14). Therefore, the sodium
lactate was used to try and increase the puff number of the
cigarette with 12-4GAC0 paper over that obtained for the
potassium lactate additive on the same base paper. The sodium
lactate sample was prepared by use of the Cigarette Spill
Applicator and the Cigarette Refabricator. The 12-4GAC0
sample with the sodiu:n acetate added showed a reduction in
sidestream TNA emission compared with the untreated 'control'
cigarette, whereas the potassium lactate showed a sli#ht
increase in the sidestream TNA, However, the sidestream
PMWNF reductions obtained for both the addition of the sodium
and potassium salts were the same, As predicted, the use of
the sodium instead of the potassium lactate gave an increase
in the puff number by I puff: 8.2 for the potassium lactate
sample and 9.2 for tile SOdium lactate sample, The mainstream
deliveries of PMWNF and TNA were greater for the sodium
Idctatu sample than the potassium lactate sample as expected
due to the increase in puff number. TO su1!imarise the above,
tile use of the sedium lactate in preference to the potassium
lactate has little effect on sidestream emissions, but
has an advantage in retaining the puff number,
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6,3 Soil] Application of Sodium Dihydrogen eh~
The sodium dihydrogen phosphate was added to the 12-4GAC0
spill and this was compared with addition of potassium dihydrogen
phosphate which were also spill applied, refabricabed samples
(Table 5), These smoke results from the refabricated cigarettes
are not directly comparable, because the sodium salt was
added LO give 7% w/w on the paper, whereas the potassium salt
was at 5% w/w. However, as may be expected from the higher
addition level, bile sodium dihydrogen phosphate gave marginally
better reductions in all :he measured sidesbream emissions
than the potassium dihydrogen phosphate (Tamle 5). Also, as
with previous additives, the sodium salt gave a higher puff
number (9.4) compared with 8.8 for the potassium salt,
6,4 Spill Application of gisodium t~drogen Citrate
The disodium hydrogen citrate was examined, because it is an
acidic burn additive. It was added at 9% W]W inclusion level
to the ]2-4GACO cigarette paper by use of the eigarebbe
refdbricator and cigarette spill applicator, The effect of
the addition of the disodium hydrogen citrate ~o the &2-&GACO
spills on the sidestream smoke emissions was as follows,
Treated versus the untreated cigarette sho~ed a reduction in
a]] sidestream e!nissions meas~red~ the main effects b~ing an
18% reductio~ in TNA and a 23% reduction in PMWNF, with only
s~all red~cti~n in p~ff ~mber of h~f ~ p~ff. t!le red~ctio~
in sidestream TNA was expected, because of the additives
acidic Nature. However, bbe reduction i~ PNW~F was greater
and, therefore~ ~he T~A/PMW~F r~io was slightly increased.
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6.5 Spill ~pp]ication of Sodium Oih~dro~en Su]phate
Another acidic burn additive that was e×amined via the
refabrication/spill application route was the sodium dihydrogen
sulphate. The effect of this burn additive was again assessed
using the 12-dGACO as the base paper, The sodium dihydrogen
sulphate addition to the cigarette, as with the previous
sample, caused a drop in all the sidestream emissions measured,
inclueing a 24% rmduction in TNA and an 11% reduction in
PMWNF. Therefore, this sample showed a reduction in the
TNA/PNWNF ratio and also an increase in the puff number from
9.8 to 11,I,
6.6 Spill Application of Sodium Carbonate
Sodium carbonate was added to the 12-4GACO and 12-4 Ci0 papers
and a mixture of sodium carbonate/sodium tartrate was addcd
to the 12RC paper using the spill application, refabrication
method. Table 6 shows the "fishtail" results for the base
papers and the papers containing sodium carbonate, and also
the percentage reduction obtained due to the sodium carbonate
addition.
From Table 6 the effects of the sodium carbonate addition to
the cigarette paper can be evaluated. The effect of sodium
carbonate addition to the 12NC paper has been shown earlier
in this report, as it was one of the samples prepared by use
of the re-reeler applicator and the large increase in mainstream
CO with this cigarette should be noted. The mainstreaH CO
was mot measured For spill applied, refabricated samples,
because of the limited number of samples available,
but it is probable that the mainstream CO deliveries tot
these samples will also be high,
The following discussion of percentage reduction refers to
the reduction relative to the base gaper used and Mot the
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absolute reduction which could be obtained by comparison
with a conventiona] control paper. An approximately 25%
reduction in sides~ream TNA emission was obtained from tb~
cigarettes by use of the sodium carbonate on the cigarette
paper types 12RC, 12-4GACO and 12-4 CI0. A 40% reduction in
the sidestream TNA emission was obtained for the cigarette
with the sodium carbonate and sodium tartrate added to the
12NC paper. The higher reduction obtained for this sample
was ~eca~se the comp&?ison was with a chemical free base
paper and the sodium tartrate addition on its own will also
give a reduction i~ sidestream TNA emission.
Reductions in sidestream PMWNF emissions were obtained on all
cigarettes made with the 3 cigarette papers used with the
sodium carbonate or sodium carbonate/sodium tartrate addition.
These results can be seen in Table 6. No pattern emerges
from these results, but it can be noted that the largest
reduction is obtained from the treaCed lg-4GACQ paper. The
sidestream carton monoxide and carbon dioxide emissions were
either unaltered or reduced w~th the treated cigarette samples
(Tdble 6).
The addition of sodium carbonate to the chemical free cigdretLe
papers IBNG and IB-4GACO had ]iL~le effect on the puff number
of the resultant cigarettes. However, the sodium carbonate
in con3unction with a burn additive on the pager i~creascs
the puff number of the cigarette. This effect can be seen
on bozh the 12NC sample with ~% sodium tarcrate in addition
to the sodium carbonate and on the 12-4 C10 sample which
contains 9.1% tri-potassium citrate. Both these burn additives
applied on their own to the paper will tend to increase the
burn ra~e of the cigarette: the tri-potassium citrate giving
a faster burn rate than the sodium tartrate.
The sodium carbenaLe treated sarnm]es sllaw an increase in the
mainstream PMWNF and TNA deliveries, b~t these are mainly in
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the same order as t~e increase in puff number. The excegtion
being ~he sodium carbonate addition to the 12NC cigarette
paper which produced an increase in the mainstream PMWNF and
TNA of the cigarette with no increase in puff number.
6.7 Spill Application of Sodium Tartrate
The last two samples on Table 5, the 12-4GACO cigarette paper
with 3.D% and 5.7% sodium tar~race addition, were prepared to
match the potassium tartrate samples with the same levels of
additive (Table 4), cigarette codes V337 and V340 respectively.
These samp]es were produced in order to compare the effects
of the addition of the sodium and potassium salts, as mentioned
earlier in this report. As e×pected~ the sodium tartrate gave
less of a reduction in the puff number of the cigarette than
the potassium tartrate sample: 3% of the sodium salt reduced
the puff number by 11%, whereas 3% of the potassium salt
reduced the puff number by 19%. Similarly, at the 5.7%
addition level of both salts, the sodium salt reduced the
puff number by 14%, whereas the potassium salt gave a 26%
reduction in puff number, The other advamtage gained by the
use of the sodium tartrate in preference to the potassium
tartrete was the lower sidestream TNA ~alues obtained for the
soaium sa1~ addition compared with those obtained for the
pntassium salt. In fact, the sodium tartrate gave a reduction
in sidestream TNA emission of the cigarette in comparison to
the cigarette with the untreated 12-4GACO paper, whereas the
potassium tartrate showed an increase in sidesbream TNA, as
can be seen from Tables 4 and 5. The other measured sidestream
and mainstream smoke results for Lhe sodium and potassium
~artrate cigarettes were similar, Thelefore, the two maln
advantages of the use of the sodium salt in preference to the
potassium salt is to maintain puff number and reduce sidestream
TNA emission,
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7. CONCLUSIONS
The effect of the addition of chemical additives to cigarette
gaper on the smoke characteristics of the cigarettes is
dependent on the untreated base paper used. Factors which
influence the way that burn additives on the cigarette paper
affect the burning cigarette are complex and dependent on
such parameters as basis weight, permeability, chalk loading,
total fi]ler content and the presence of magnesium oxide in
the paper. Therefore, the conclusions can only be in the
form of generalisations as to the way in which certain chemical
additives, when added to the cigarette paper, wfll affect
the smoking properties of cigarettes.
A comparison from the addition of sodium versus potassium
salt (Section 6,1 and 6.2) to the cigarette paper on the puff
number showed that the sodium salt gave a higher puff number
than the potassium salt, i.e. the sodium salt produces a
slower burning cigarette than the potassium salt. Sodium
salts also tended to produce a reduction in sidestream ~otal
nicotine alkaloids (TNA) emission of the cigcrette, whereas
the potassium salts cended only to produce s]ight reductions
or even increases in sidestream TNA, depending on the base
gaper used,
Increasing the level of most burn additives applied to the
cigarette paper tended to cause an increase in the burn rate
of the Cigarette and also a decrease in sidestream PMgNF
H~wever, the addition of increasingly high levels of burn
additive~ the lev~l being dependent on the base cigarette
paper type, ultimately caused a decrease in bur~ r~te.
The use of acicfic burn additives in cigarette paper produced
the ]arges~ percenbag~ relhJc~iuns in siii~shnra'n ThA innissinns of
the cigarette, when adde~ L~ a pager with a low basic filler
content, The largest absoltlte rQduetions in TNA were obtained
when the acidic hJrn additives were applied to a pa~er
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containing magnesium hydroxide. However, although the use of
acidic burn additives cause~ reductions in sidestream TNA
emissions, PMWNF reductions tended to be in the Sal~le order aT
magnitude. Therefore. in most cases, there was litcle change
in the sidestream TNA/PMWNF ratio, which could be important
in the reduction of the subjective response for sidestream
irritation.
Burn additives, which increased the burn rate of cigarettes
when applied on their own to the cicarette paper, when applied
in combination with sodium carbonate caused a decrease in
the burn rate of the cigarette. This combination of sodium
carbonate plus a burn a~ditive gave large sidestream
emission reductions, bug also caused a large increase in
mainstream carbon monoxide delivery.
The use of a burn additive on its own when aJded to a
conventional cigarette paper with a 12 C.U. paper permeability
tended not to give the expected sidestream reduction { = 50%
in PMNNF) from the cigarette. However, in combination with
a magnesium hydroxide filled paper or a low ~ermeabi}ity paper,
this order of sidestream reduction can be achieved. [t is
also critical that the ]evel of a particular burn additive
appliec to a given cigarette paper type is optimised in
order to obtain the maximum sidestream emission reductions.
Combination of two burn additives on the cigarette paper
does not necessarily give any additional reduction
in hhe cigarette sidestream emissions ever the use of an
increased level of a single burn additive.
The addition of burn additives to the cigarette paper tends
to Cause a9 increase in the mainstream c~rbon monoxide
delivery in percentage volume~volume terms of the cigarette.
Even allowing for the eecrease in puff number obtained because
of the burn additive addition~ ther~ tends to llu an increase
in CO delivery in milligrams per cigarette. Therefore, with
a slow Durn!ng additive, the increase in nlainstream CO in m~]
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trend and the use of, for e×ample~ potassium tartrate on a
cigarett2 paper containing magnesium hydroxide, produced a
reduction in the mainstream CO delivery, The effects of
chemical addition to the ciyarette pa~r" or} the oLher measured
ruairlstr~am Smoke components of the Cigarettes tends to he
controlled by puff number, i,e, a decrease in puff number
will give a corresponding decrease in mainstream PMWNF and
TNA deliveries,
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TABLE 1
ANALYSIS OF BASE PAPERS
Ci arette Tripotassium
Opacity Tensile
~aper PermeaBility Filler Substa ce Citrate K3C6HsO7 (Elrepho
Strength Elongation Energy to b~eak
Code (C.U,) (%) (g m'~) (%)
Units) (glmm) (%) (J x 10.2)
555NC
12-4GAC6
}P-4 C[()
12 BC
3 21CTTgCU
$5C
12-4 DACIO
29 ,I
ii ,6
12.4
9,0
9.7
3.5
80,0
(perforated)
27 ,B%
19.0%
10,2% MgOA
30.9% Cac~3
22,5% CaCOB
3.9% CaCO3
13% TiO2
15.2% CaCOB
16.5% CaCO3
22.9
39,4
42 .B
26.8
B3.7
49.9
42.9
NIL
Nil.
9.1
NIL
l.O
i0 ,I
9.3
68 ,1
78 ,2
78 .6
71 ,2
69 .]
75 ,1
76 ,4
84
155
122
148
117
164
95
1.9
1.8
B.B
2.3
ii7
2.9
2,0
5.1
8.6
11 ,i
10.7
6.0
!4,7
6.3
,,,j
c~
QO
* MO(OH)2 expressed as percentage MgO,

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TABLE 2
PAPER ~BDITIVEB USED
AdditiveI
Cigarette Base Paper Additive ~ype Level
¸Permeability
Code (%
w/w) (C.U.)
V360 12-4GACO ~IQ Additiw
11.6
V334 Potassium Tartra:e
12.3
V337
3.0 11.7
VB40
5.7 12.5
V361 1Z-4 C10 No Addtive
IB.4
V335 Potassium Tar:rate
0.6 12.A
V338
2.1 12,3
ViAl d
.8 12 .i
V362 12NC ~o Additive -
9,0
¥336 Potassium Tartrate
2.4 813
V339
4.8 7.9
V342
B.1 8.2
V343 12-4GACO Sodium Acetate 3,2
12,6
V346 %tassium Lactate 3.3
12.0
V348 Magnesium Citrate/Citric Acid
2.~/2.3 11.4
V344 12-~ CiO Sodium Acetate 2.9
12.3
V347 Potassium Lactate 2.3
12.2
V350 Magnesium Citrate/Citric Acid
4.0/3.9 1!.7
V345 12NC Sodium Acetate
4.6 8.5
V349 Potassium Lactate 4.9
8,3
V351 Magnesium Citrate/Citric Acid
4.1/3.9 7.9
P36B 3-21CTT9CU ! No ~dditive -
9.7
V352 ; Aluminium Sulphate
1,9 10.1
V353 " AmmoniJm Dihydroger Crthophosphat~ 4.8
10.6
V354 Potassium Dihydrogen Phosphate 4.5
10.1
I7356 Citric Acid 9,B
11.AT
V364 S5E NO Additive -
3.5
0355 Citric A2id
2.2 3.4
V357 12NC Sodium Carbonate [IJ
¢8 7 .8
* 12-AGACO Sodium Tart~ate
B,O Not Measured
*
5.7 Not Measured
V359 ~o6N~ No Additiv£
29.1
V358 Pet:in = O.B 28.5
V355 12-4DAC10 Tripotassium Citrate o 9.3
00
Perforated)
T Measurements ma=e or cigar~tt~ spills
~h_ml~. s aDdlied dsing th~ CiEa~ette Spill ~!,hc~ cr
Additive a~ready present in the cigarette paper sample ~'~0~1~3
o

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TABLE 3
MAINSTREAM SMOKE RESULTS
Cigarette TPM TNA
Code (mg/cig) (mg/cig)
V360 28.0 1.57
V034 25.8 1.37
V337 24.7 !,19
V340 29.8 1.09
V361 20.4 0.94
V335 10.0 0.89
V338 19,7 0.95
V341 20.3 1.02
V362 26.7 1.51
V336 21.6 1.23
V339 23.6 1.18
V342 22,7 1.15
V343 25.9 !.30
V346 2&.1 1.1~
V348 29.0 1.64
V344 21.2 1.0a
V347 20.5 0.97
V350 23,5 1.02
V345 25.5 1.43
V349 25.2 1.28
V351 25,3 1.53
V363 28.1 1.64
V352 30,2 1.80
V353 34.9 1.91
V354 34.5 1.97
V350 31,4 1.80
V354 29.5 1.37
V355 30.0 1.51
V057 34.8 2.09
V359 21.2 1.27
V358 21.5 1,32
V365 10,7 1.07
S,~,R. Static Burn Ra~e
j PMWNF CO CO
(m9/ci9) (~v/% (mg/¢ig)
20.6 9.5 36.9
18.8 9.9 35.4
17 .3 10.5 33,3
16.0 10 .I 29.9
14.2 8.3 22.1
13.0 8.5 22.2
14.2 8.5 23.3
14.8 9 .C 25,0
2O .2 5.8 23.3
16.2 E .3 22.7
16,5 7.2 23.6
16.2 B .2 25 .i
18 .8 Ii .5 40 .¢
17.5 10,8 35.0
21.9 9.7 39.8
15,0 9.5 27 .¢
14.6 6.9 25 .l
16 .i 9 .i 25.5
18.6
17,6
19 .3
20.9
23,2
26.4
26.3
23,4
20.2
21 .0
9.0
7,5
5,7
7 ;2
7.3
11.7
11 .i
7.6
[0.3
11.0
Puff
NumbeF
9.3 4.14
0.4 5.04
7.7 5.69
7 .i 6,23
6.5 7.27
6.3 6,45
6.6 7.69
5.7 7.04
9.8 3.89
8.7 5.06
7.9 6.06
7,4 5.99
0.5 5.21
7.8 5 ,Z7
9.9 4.00
7.0 6.80
6.9 7.14
6.0 6,86
31.3 8.4 4.83
25.4 8.2 5.47
25.4 10,8 3.80
30.9 I0,5 4.02
33.9 11.2 3.64
51.6 10.7 2.07
49.4 10.8 3.1~
37.5 11.9 2.86
33.7 7.9 5.42
38.9 8.4 A .86
27.0 10,2 45.1
10.7 2.24
16.0
16.3
5 .0 18 .4 9.0 4.90
5 .i 19.2 9.0 A.90
13.5
7 .5 23,9 7.7 6.70
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TABLE 4
SIDESTREAM AND MAINSTREAM "FISHTAIL" RESULTS
Sidestream
',~instream
Cigarette TNA Puff PM
ITIA PMWNF
Code (mBlcig) Rumber (mg/cig)
(mg/cig) {mg/cig)
V360 4.04 9.0 32.1
V334 4.30 8.~ 26,3
V337 4.34 7.9 24.8
V340 4.22 7,3 25,b
V351
V335
V338
V341
V362
V336
V339
V342
V343
V346
V348
4.19
4.82
4.07
4.4E
5.09
4.95
4.79
4.82
3.76
4.18
3.92
6 .9 23 ,0
5 .E 18.0
5.6 19.8
7 .E 24.3
9.9 28 ,I
8.5 23,6
8 .i 25.6
7.8 24.8
I f
PNWNF CO CO2
{m~/cig) [mg/cig) ~ " '
,mg/~19,'
20.4 52.7 380
18.2 54.9 392
15.6 58.0 412
16,7 57.9 474
19.4 58.9 420
17.7 56.0 412
18.3 57.4 428
!9.7 57.0 435
24.7 5E,1 408
23.2 57.6 402
21.6 56.9 421
20.8 58,7 425
14.4 55.1 401
14.2 57.4 427
18.4 50.1 406
19.0 60.6 433
19.4 60.9 ~41
15.9 59.2 ~30
21.9 57.3 418
23.0 57.7 424
21.1 403 395
22.2 52.2 389
2z.2 48.4 392
23.1 48.4 310
!7,2 47.2 342
19,9 48.3 411
17.0 52.3 404
14.2 49.1 071
173 48.0 369
26 .O 59 .0 446
25.0 58,4 449
14.4 55 ,3 445
8.7 31.4
8.2 29,0
i0.2 36 .3
V344 4.18 6.6 2?.4
V347 4.67 6.0 23.8
V350 439 7.1 22.3
V345 4.49 8.9 28.1
V349 4.70 8./ 25.3
V3BI 4.49 10.9 27,9
V563 4.90 10.7 ?9.7
V352 1.40 11.7 34.8
V353 3.86 11,4 37.9
V354 3.53 11.2 36.9
V356 4.21 12.3 31.6
V364 4.22 8.i 30.2
V355 3.36 8.8 36.2
V357 3.04 9.9 32.3
V359 5.~0 9,3 23.7
V358 5.39 5.c 24.3
V365 4.35 6.1 i 23.5
1.47 21.4
1.28 17.0
1.18 ! 16.4
1.04 16.9
0.93 14.8
[I.80 12.5
0.88 13,4
1.02 15.8
1.40 ig .2
1.21 15,8
1 .iZ 16,9
1.05 16.6
1.34 20.7
i .19 15.6
1.70 23.0
0.07 !4.7
0.95 15.4
0.90 14.3
1.34 18.8
1.!5 17.1
1.48 19.7
1.57 19.9
1.71 24.0
1.85 26,1
1.83 25.5
1.58 22.2
1.27 19.2
1.53 22.6
1.69 22.5
1.23 16.0
i.22 16.6
1.08 15.0
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TABLE 5
SIDESTREAM AND MAINSTREAM "FISHTAIL" RESULTS
.Q
C~
F~
Gm
Sidestream
Paper Type and TNA CO2
Burr Additive (mg/cig) (mg/cig)
12-4GACO , 5% potassium
Jihydrogen phosphate
12-NGACO + 5% sodium
lactate
12-NGACO + 7% sodium
~ihydrogen phosphate
12-NGACO ~ 7% disodium
lydrogen ¢itcate
12 4GA~O * 7% soeium
Jihydrogen sulphate
I?-4GACO + I~% sodium
i~ r~orldte
I2-4 CIO + 10% sodium
~arbo~]ate
12NC + 6% sodium tartrate
Ind IN% sodium carbo~a[e
LE-NGACP ~ 5% magnesium
;itrate and 5% citric acic
L2 ~GACO ~ 3~ sodium
:artrate
LE-4GACO + 5.7% sodium
:artrate
3.63
3.65
3.59
3.30
3.86
3.02
3.15
3.05
3.64
320
3.23
PMHMF CO
(mg/cig) (mg/cig)
17.0
14.4
15.5
15.8
18.2
17.3
17.5
19.5
17.2
14.8
53.5
54.8
47 .i
50.0
44.3
52 .9
47 .I
42.3
50 .I
59 .4
57 .9
380
403
353
369
329
788
359
340
388
418
405
Mainstream
Puff TMM TNA PMWNF
Number (mglcig) (mglcig) (mg/cig)
8.8 28.0 i .P-7 19.2
9.2 30.8 i .37 20 .cJ
9.4 29.6 1.41 20.5
9.3 29.7 1.35 19.7
|I .l 33.5 1.63 23.9
10.5 32.8 1.54 23.5
11.4 2~ .3 1.49 21.5
]3.6 35 .g i .88 27 .A
i0.2 32.1 1.45 22.6
8.7 2~ .g i .32 18.7
8.4 28.2 1.30 18.8

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TASTE 6
SIIIESTREAM AND MAINSTREAM "FISHTAIL' RESULTS
FUR SODIUM CARBONATE AUDITI~
0
Sidestream
Paper Type and TNA DO2
Burn Additive (mg/cig) (mg/cig)
12NC
12RC + 10.8% sodium
carbonaLe
Redu:tion*
12NU + 10% sodium
carbonate and 6% sodiHm
tartrabe
~ed~cti~*
12-4GAGQ
12 4GACO + 10% sodium
carbonate
12-4 O10
12-4 ClO + 10% sodium
carbonate
5 .OR
3.94
23%
3.06
49%
4 .O4
3,02
4.19
3.15
PMWNF CO
(mg/cig) (mg/cig)
24.7 56,1
17.7 48 .O
28~ 14%
17,5 42,3
20.4 52.7
12.2 52,9
40% O~
19,4 58.9
17.3 47,1
408
369
10%
340
17%
388
388
0%
420
359
Puff
Number
g.R
9.9
0%
13,6
+37%
g.8
lO .5
÷7%
6.9
11.4
Mainst re~
TPM ~A PMWNF
(mg/ciD) (mg/cig) (mg/cig)
28,1 1.40 19.2
32.3 1.69 22.5
+15% +21% +17%
35.9 1.88 27.4
+28% +84% +43%
32.1 1.47 21.4
32,8 i .54 23.5
÷8~ ÷5% +10%
23.0 0,93 14,8
28.3 1.49 21,5
Reduction* 85% ~1% 20%I 15% +65% +23% +60%
L+45%
* Reductions shown are the percentage reducbio~ of the treated sample versus the Icontrol' sample
~ade ~ith the sa~e h~sB ~a£~r, A ÷ ,le ~a~e S~WS a~ i~crease i~ e~issi~/de~i~ry,

FIG. I
INFLUENCE OF ADDITIVE LEVEL ON PUFF NUMBER
RB 2086
U'l
~O
QO
g~
P~FF NUMBER
lo,
9
8
7"
& 12-4 GA£O
O 12-4 El0
El 12 NC
ERROR BARS - 95% CONFIDENCE LIMITS
POTASSIUM TARTRATE (%)

FIG. 2a RB. 2086
CO°/o INFLUENCE OF ADDITIVE LEVEL ON MAINSTREAM CARBON MONOXIDE (°/o v/v)
(vlvl
12
A 12-G GA[O
0 12 G C10
[] 12 NC
ERROR BARS - 95% CONFIDENCE LIMfTS
N'
O~
CD
i
POTASSIUM TARTRATE (%)

FI~ 2b ~D. 2~6
INFLUENCE OF ADDITIVE LEVEL ON MAINSTREAM EARBON MONOXIDE (mg/cig)
,,,3
£o
{mglcig.)
~S
t0
¸
30.
2S
, I
2O
I. J-
J
12-4 GACO
O 12-4 [10
D 12 N~
ERROR BARS - 95%
CONFIDENCE LIM4TS
POTASSIUH TARTRATE (%)

Flfi. 3a
RD. 2086
LNFLUENCE OF ADDITIVE LEVEL ON MAINSTREAM PMWNF DELIVERIES
,,.I
O
PHWNF
(mg/cig)
2L,7
22
20I
18
16
lz.
12
10
8
6
4
2
z~ 12-/* BACO
O 12-/* C10
O 12 NC
ERROR BARS - 95°/° CONFIDENCE LIHITD
POTASSIUH TARTRATE (%)

FIG. 3b RO. 2086
INFLUENCEOF ADDITIVE LEVEL ON HA~NSTREM'I TNA, OEUVERIES
TNA
(mg/cig,)
12-4 5ACO
O 12-4 El0
12 NC
ERROR OARS - 95% CONFIDENCE LIMITS
C~
"a
C~
CJ
Ob
CA
M=
tO
2.2¸
2.0.
1.8
1.6
12
1.0
OB
06
02
o ~ ~ ) ~ s
POTASSIUM TARTRATE (%1
L

FIG. 4a RO 2086
INFLUENCE OF ADDITIVE LEVEL ON SIDESTREAM PMWNF YIELDS
..,}
UI
t.D
C~
PMWNF
Img/¢ig]
28'
26
24
22c
20
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
t,
2
~- %2-4 5A[O
O 12-~* CI0
O 12 NC
ERROR BARS - 95% CONFIDENCE LIMITS
POTASSIUM TARTRATE (%)

TNA
tmg/dg)
FIG. 4b RD.
2086
iNFLUENCE OF AOO~TWE LEVEL ON SIOESTREAH TNA YIELDS
12-z* 0AEO
O 12-4 [10
O 12 NC
ERROR BARS - 95% £ON~IDENCE UH~TS
3
C~
CO
q'{
:.,b,
I
POTASSIUM TARTRATE (%}

F)G. 5
TNA
INFLUENCE OF AOOIT~VE LEVEL ON SIDESTREAH PMWNFRATIO
RD, 20B6
TNA
PHWNF
I%)
29
12-4 ~ACO
O 12-t, C10
~2 NE
¢,q
",3
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Cigarette Sidestream & Mainstream
Del~verles
DATE IISUED TO
