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Tobacco smoke, environmental

CAS number
No CAS number
Also known as
Environmental tobacco smoke (nicotine & 3-ethenylpyridine)

UK workplace exposure limits

Our data hold no UK limit for this substance.

Sampling methods

MethodSamplingMedium AnalysisPart numbers
ASTM D5075
Nicotine & 3-Ethenylpyridine by GC-NPD
Method document (opens in a new tab)
Active (pump) XAD-4 tube (80/40mg) 226-93
ASTM D5955
Environmental Tobacco Smoke contribution to respirable particles by HPLC
Method document (opens in a new tab)
Active (pump) 37mm, 1µm PTFE filter 225-3705
225-3LF
225-01-02
225-1
ASTM D6271
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (based on Solanesol) by HPLC/UV
Method document (opens in a new tab)
Active (pump) 37mm, 1µm PTFE filter 225-3705
225-3LF
225-01-02
225-1
Non-agency 49 Active (pump) GC-NSD 226-170

Methods and limits as published by their agencies and summarised by SKC; check the current method and the limit that applies to you before sampling.

Source: SKC Ltd (UK), Hazard Search, used with SKC's permission (opens in a new tab); SKC Inc. (USA), Sampling Guides, used with SKC's permission (opens in a new tab)