Volatile constituents found in Iqos product with direct sampling methods
Ilies BD, Moosakutty S, Kharbatia N, et al. Identification of volatile constituents released from IQOS heat-not-burn tobacco HeatSticks using a direct sampling method. Tob Control Epub ahead of print: 26 May 2020. doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2019-055521; https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/tobaccocontrol/early/2020/05/25/tobaccocontrol-2019-055521.full.pdf
This study confirms other studies which show that PMI selectively reports some constituents from Iqos which are at low levels, but often fails to report other volatile constituents which are toxic and carcinogenic.
By Stephen Hamann
