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Determining Thallium in a Commercial Tobacco
Brand Available in Poland
Bożena Karbowska1, Włodzimierz Zembrzuski2
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Poznan University of Technology, Faculty of Chemical Technology
Berdychowo 4, 61-138 Poznan, Poland
Submission date: 2016-02-24
Acceptance date: 2016-02-24
Publication date: 2016-10-05
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2016;25(5):2217-2220
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This study focused on determining thallium content in tobacco samples collected from a commercial
cigarette brand commonly available in Poland (manufactured by Philip Morris). The samples were analyzed
with the use of differential pulse anodic stripping voltammetry (DPASV) coupled with a flow injection
analysis (FIA) system. The obtained results confirmed that thallium was present in the studied tobacco
samples (average content at 0.0089 ±0.0012μg/g). These findings suggest that cigarette smokers in Poland
may be exposed to the toxic effects of thallium-based compounds present in tobacco.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.