Review of natural radioactivity in tobacco cigarette brands

AT Felix, AV Ntarisa - Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 2024 - Elsevier
Cigarettes smoking are leading causes of lung cancer in the world. In several countries, the
radioactivity of tobaccos cigarette brands has been evaluated to estimate the effective dose …

Radioactivity of cigarettes and the importance of 210Po and thorium isotopes for radiation dose assessment due to smoking

D Kubalek, G Serša, M Štrok, L Benedik… - Journal of Environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
Tobacco and tobacco smoke are very complex mixtures. In addition to various chemical and
organic compounds they also contain natural radioactive elements (radionuclides). In this …

[HTML][HTML] Dosimetry in the lungs of α-particles (210Po) and β-particles (210Pb) present in the tobacco smoke of conventional cigarettes and heated tobacco products

L Desorgher, A Berthet, J Rossier, F Bochud… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Tobacco products contain radioactive 210 Pb and 210 Po which can be transferred from the
filler to the mainstream smoke. When inhaled, they can contribute to the radioactive dose to …

Distribution of heavy metals and annual effective doses from radiotoxic 210Po in different types of tobacco plant grown in Türkiye

N Hafızoğlu, E Ganioğlu, L Sahin, P İsel, E Kaya… - The European Physical …, 2024 - Springer
In this study the radiotoxic 210Po activity concentrations were measured, in 25 different
tobacco samples grown in the Aegean, Eastern Black Sea, Southeastern Anatolia, and …

Determination and distribution of 210Po in different morphological parts of tobacco plants and radiation dose assessment from cigarettes in Turkey

S Cankurt, AU Görgün - Ecotoxicology and environmental safety, 2020 - Elsevier
Both sides of tobacco leaves accumulate 210 Po through their sticky hairs (trichomes) by
means of diffusive deposition. It is known that tobacco leaves may contain high amounts of …

Theoretical Prediction of the 210Pb Burden in the Skeleton from Radon Exposure and Other Intake Routes

J Wang, Y Liu, B Wu, X Meng, Y Wang, J Cheng - Health Physics, 2024 - journals.lww.com
The 210 Pb burden in the skeleton is a measurement value suitable for the estimation of the
cumulative exposure to radon, based on which the resultant risk of lung cancer can be …

The activities of 210Po and 210Pb in cigarette smoked in Tunisia

F Boujelbane, M Samaali, S Rahali, W Dridi… - Radiation and …, 2020 - Springer
In this study, the activity concentration of polonium 210 in cigarette for Tunisian consumers
was investigated by alpha spectrometry. After chemical digestion of tobacco, 210 Po was …

Revisiting the Paradox of Smoking: Radioactivity in Tobacco Smoke or Suppressing the SARS-CoV-2 Receptor, Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2, via Aryl …

SA Mortazavi, JJ Bevelacqua, P Rafiepour… - Dose …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Despite current controversies, some reports show a paradoxical mitigating effect associated
with smoking in individuals with symptomatic COVID-19 compared to the general …

Study of Polonium-210 in Persian cigarette and tobacco crops

B Ghanbar-Moghaddam… - Radiation Protection …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Alpha radiation from Polonium-210 (210Po) is considered to be an important agent
of bronchial cancer in smokers. Besides reexamination of the radionuclide in domestic and …

[PDF][PDF] A study on the activity concentrations of natural radionuclides and annual effective dose values in some tobacco samples

C Eke, M Ishfaq - Cumhuriyet Science Journal, 2021 - dergipark.org.tr
Tobacco samples were collected from different tobacco markets from Antalya in Turkey. To
calculate natural radionuclides activity concentration, samples were counted for 86400 …