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Estimating the Carcinogenic Potency of Second-Hand Smoke and Aerosol from Cigarettes and Heated Tobacco Products

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  • Tomoyasu Hirano

    (Division of Tobacco Policy Research, Center for Cancer Control and Information Services, National Cancer Center, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan)

  • Teiji Takei

    (Division of Tobacco Policy Research, Center for Cancer Control and Information Services, National Cancer Center, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan
    Current address: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Government of Japan, Tokyo 100-8916, Japan.)

Abstract

The revised Promotion Act, enforced in April 2020, allows the establishment of dedicated smoking rooms for heated tobacco products (HTPs). Since carcinogenicity assessment is unable to determine the safe level of secondhand smoke, we estimated excess lifetime cancer risk using previously reported risk factors. Assuming that nicotine inhalation is proportional to cancer potency, the lifetime cancer risk for HTP IQOS is expected to be below 10 −5 (1/100,000), which is three orders of magnitude lower than that for cigarettes.

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  • Tomoyasu Hirano & Teiji Takei, 2020. "Estimating the Carcinogenic Potency of Second-Hand Smoke and Aerosol from Cigarettes and Heated Tobacco Products," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(22), pages 1-6, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:22:p:8319-:d:442829
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    1. Tomoyasu Hirano & Tokuaki Shobayashi & Teiji Takei & Fumihiko Wakao, 2020. "Exposure Assessment of Environmental Tobacco Aerosol from Heated Tobacco Products: Nicotine and PM Exposures under Two Limited Conditions," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(22), pages 1-11, November.
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