Sponsor
This work was supported by grants from NIDA and the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) (R01DA036493-02S1) to PT/JFP and R21DA037365 to PT, and a grant from the NIEHS and the FDA Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) (R01ES025257) to JFP. RZB was supported by an NIH NRSA Individual Pre-doctoral Fellowship (5F31HL116121-03).
Published In
Scientific Reports
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-29-2018
Subjects
Commercial products -- Testing, Flavoring essences -- Analysis, Toxological chemistry, Tobacco industry
Abstract
Thousands of electronic cigarette refill fluids are commercially available. The concentrations of nicotine and the solvents, but not the flavor chemicals, are often disclosed on product labels. The purpose of this study was to identify and quantify flavor chemicals in 39 commercial refill fluids that were previously evaluated for toxicity. Twelve flavor chemicals were identified with concentrations ≥1 mg/ml: cinnamaldehyde, menthol, benzyl alcohol, vanillin, eugenol, p-anisaldehyde, ethyl cinnamate, maltol, ethyl maltol, triacetin, benzaldehyde, and menthone. Transfer of these flavor chemicals into aerosols made at 3V and 5V was efficient (mean transfer = 98%). We produced lab-made refill fluids containing authentic standards of each flavor chemical and analyzed the toxicity of their aerosols produced at 3V and 5V using a tank Box Mod device. Over 50% of the refill fluids in our sample contained high concentrations of flavor chemicals that transferred efficiently to aerosols at concentrations that produce cytotoxicity. When tested with two types of human lung cells, the aerosols made at 5V were generally more toxic than those made at 3V. These data will be valuable for consumers, physicians, public health officials, and regulatory agencies when discussing potential health concerns relating to flavor chemicals in electronic cigarette products.
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Article is published in Scientific Reports and is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-25575-6
DOI
10.1038/s41598-018-25575-6
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/25212
Citation Details
Behar, R., Luo, W., McWhirter, K., Pankow, J., & Talbot, P. (2018). Analytical and Toxicological Evaluation of Flavor Chemicals in Electronic Cigarette Refill Fluids. Scientific Reportsvolume 8, Article number: 8288.
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