Year of publication - Tobacco smoke particles and indoor air
quality (ToPIQ) - the protocol of a new study (2011) -
Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is a major contributor to
indoor air pollution. Since decades it is well documented that
ETS can be harmful to human health and cause premature death and
disease. In comparison to the huge research on toxicological
substances of ETS, less attention was paid on the concentration
of indoor ETS-dependent particulate matter (PM). Especially,
investigation that focuses on different tobacco products and
their concentration of deeply into the airways depositing PM-
fractions (PM10, PM2.5 and PM1) must be stated. The tobacco
smoke particles and indoor air quality study (ToPIQS) will
approach this issue by device supported generation of indoor ETS
and simultaneously measurements of PM concentration by laser
aerosol spectrometry. Primarily, the ToPIQ study will conduct a
field research with focus on PM concentration of different
tobacco products and within various microenv