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- Title
The activities of 210Po and 210Pb in cigarette smoked in Tunisia.
- Authors
Boujelbane, F.; Samaali, M.; Rahali, S.; Dridi, W.; Abdelli, W.; Oueslati, M.; Takriti, S.
- Abstract
In this study, the activity concentration of polonium 210 in cigarette for Tunisian consumers was investigated by alpha spectrometry. After chemical digestion of tobacco, 210Po was extracted, auto-deposited on disc and measured. The activity of 210Pb was assessed after radioactive equilibrium was achieved. The activity levels of 210Po ranged between 7.8 ± 0.3 and 17 ± 0.5 mBq per cigarette with an average of 12.9 ± 0.4 mBq per cigarette. Effective doses per year due to cigarette smoking were calculated assuming that 22% of the 210Pb and 210Po in tobacco were retained in the lungs of the smokers. It is concluded that for a smoker in Tunisia, the average effective dose is about 90.6 ± 3.3 μSv per year for a cigarette consumption of one pack of cigarettes per day. This value is somewhat lower than 106.4 ± 5.3 μSv per year estimated as the mean global effective dose from smoking.
- Subjects
TUNISIA; SMOKING; CIGARETTES; POLONIUM; TOBACCO; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN
- Publication
Radiation & Environmental Biophysics, 2020, Vol 59, Issue 3, p565
- ISSN
0301-634X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00411-020-00853-y