Tar concentrations in cigarettes and carcinogen content

Lancet. 1998 Sep 5;352(9130):787-8. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)60682-4.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / chemically induced
  • Carcinogens / analysis*
  • Carcinoma / chemically induced
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / chemically induced
  • Nicotiana / chemistry*
  • Nitrosamines / analysis*
  • Plants, Toxic*
  • Tars / analysis*

Substances

  • 4-((hydroxymethyl)nitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone
  • Carcinogens
  • Nitrosamines
  • Tars
  • tobacco tar
  • N'-nitrosonornicotine