title: Cadmium in tobacco.
abstract: The present study was conducted to determine the cadmium level in tobacco planted in five main tobacco-producing areas, a cadmium polluted area, and in cigarettes produced domestically (54 brands). The results indicate that average cadmium content in tobacco was 1.48 (0.10-4.95 mg/kg), which was similar to that of Indian tobacco (1.24 mg/kg), but the cadmium of tobacco produced in the cadmium polluted area was quite high (8.60 mg/kg). The average cigarette cadmium was 1.05 micrograms/g (with filter tip) and 1.61 micrograms/g (regular cigarette). Therefore special attention should be paid to the soil used in planting tobacco.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Environmental Health Monitoring, Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, Beijing.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yue
mesh_terms: D002104:Cadmium / Q000032:analysis*; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D014026:Nicotiana / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D012989:Soil Pollutants; D002104:Cadmium