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Puff-by-puff release stability is critical for heated tobacco product (HTP) quality and user experience, yet existing methods lack dynamic puff-by-puff evaluation. Here, we develop a novel stability index (SI) using the "modulus of the sum vector of two evaluation dimensions" algorithm to quantify puff-by-puff release consistency and interpuff variability. In addition, the algorithm has been validated through practical product applications. Compared with traditional methods, SI significantly enhances the differentiation and accuracy of stability evaluation. Under a 10% relative deviation in the release amount measurement, the deviation of the stability index (SI) is maintained at 10.6%, demonstrating precision. The SI is applicable to reconstituted tobacco sheets, HTP sticks, and final products, enabling quantitative stability assessment. As a key screening tool, it streamlines HTPs development by identifying inconsistent formulations early.
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ACS Omega
August 2025
Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of CNTC, Zhengzhou 450001, China.
Puff-by-puff release stability is critical for heated tobacco product (HTP) quality and user experience, yet existing methods lack dynamic puff-by-puff evaluation. Here, we develop a novel stability index (SI) using the "modulus of the sum vector of two evaluation dimensions" algorithm to quantify puff-by-puff release consistency and interpuff variability. In addition, the algorithm has been validated through practical product applications.
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September 2025
Beijing Life Science Academy, Beijing, 102299, China; Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of CNTC, Zhengzhou, 450001, China. Electronic address:
Background: It is well known that e-cigarette regulations can be developed with the aid of focusing on nicotine flux (NF) and nicotine delivery stability (NDS), which are defined as the amount of nicotine released per puff under given conditions (vape + recipe). In this study, a convenient and fully automated puff-by-puff aerosol nicotine flux measurement method was developed by combining automatic smoking, spectroscopic rapid detection and fiber-optic sensing (AS/SRD/FOS) technology. Aerosol generated by an e-cigarette was introduced into an "impinger", at the meantime, nicotine was trapped in pure water.
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November 2024
Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of CNTC, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Understanding the puff-by-puff delivery mechanisms of key components of heated tobacco products is critical to developing product designs. This study investigates the puff-by-puff release patterns of key components in Natural Smoke Cigarettes (NSCs), which are designed to deliver nicotine without combustion by reducing oxygen content, utilizing a 30-s puff interval, a 2-s puff duration, and a 55 mL puff volume to simulate realistic smoking conditions. By establishing models to analyze the variation of nicotine, glycerol, 1,2-propylene glycol (PG), and water in different functional sections of the cigarette under controlled smoking conditions.
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June 2018
Technology Center of Yunnan Tobacco Industry Co., Ltd., Yunnan, People's Republic of China.
To study puff-by-puff release characteristics of crotonaldehyde in mainstream cigarette smoke under diverse intensive smoking regimens, we designed an RM20H smoking machine with a puff-by-puff smoke collection unit to automatically trap crotonaldehyde in the mainstream cigarette smoke. Using this process, we trapped, puff-by-puff, crotonaldehyde in mainstream smoke generated by different smoking regimens and quantitatively analysed the levels of crotonaldehyde using high-performance liquid chromatography with a modified QuEChERS sample pretreatment method. On the basis of the crotonaldehyde in each puff, we determined crotonaldehyde's puff-by-puff release characteristics.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChem Res Toxicol
October 2011
Tobacco Exposure Research Laboratory, Battelle Memorial Institute, 505 King Avenue, Columbus, OH 43201, United States.
The 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act empowered the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to study "the impact of the use of menthol in cigarettes on the public health, including such use among children, African Americans, Hispanics and other racial and ethnic minorities," and develop recommendations.
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