• Journal of the Korean Society of Tobacco Science
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.28-34
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• 2010

Tobacco plants absorb cadmium from soil and accumulate it in high concentrations in their leaves. Additionally, a significant portion of the cadmium contained in cigarettes passes into the smoke. Cadmium is known to be a toxic and carcinogenic compound that has harmful effects on the human body due to smoking. In this study, the concentrations of cadmium in the Ky3R4F reference cigarette and two commercial cigarettes were analyzed by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Each cigarette sample was partitioned into a tobacco rod and filter and then analyzed in order to determine the concentration of cadmium. The concentrations of cadmium in the mainstream smoke, ash, residue, and cigarette butt were also analyzed after the cigarettes were smoked under ISO smoking conditions. Transfer rates of the cadmium from the tobacco rod to the mainstream smoke, ash, and cigarette butt were 0.8 ~ 5%, 17 ~ 22%, and 5 ~ 7%, respectively. As a result, we estimated that the sidestream smoke contained about 70% of the cadmium from the tobacco rod.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• v.92 no.1
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• pp.89-97
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• 2024

Discarded cigarette butts in the environment have caused significant pollution. Therefore, providing solutions to address these environmental issues is of great importance. Concrete is known as one of the most widely used materials around the world. Hence, this study investigates the feasibility of using cigarette butts to product concrete. For this purpose, cellulose acetate fibers obtained from cigarette butt filters were added to silica fume concrete in 10 different volume ratios. Then, the mechanical properties of the concrete samples, including compressive strength, Brazilian tensile strength, and flexural tensile strength, were examined. Based on the results, adding fibers to silica fume concrete improved the mechanical properties of the concrete. Among the 10 mixing designs, adding 0.2% by volume of fibers to silica fume concrete yielded the highest compressive and tensile strengths. In other words, adding 0.2% by volume of fibers resulted in a 16% and 34% increase in compressive strength and a 70% and 38% increase in Brazilian tensile strength at 7 and 28 days, respectively, compared to the state without cellulose acetate fibers. Additionally, the flexural tensile stress capacity increased by 56%. Furthermore, the vertical deformation tolerance in beam specimens increased by 287%, and the energy absorption capacity of the concrete beam also significantly increased. Consequently, along with the significant improvement in the mechanical properties of concrete, this study proposes a new and practicalstrategy to addressthe environmental issues caused by waste cigarette butts.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Tobacco Science Conference
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• 2000.05a
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• pp.12-21
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• 2000

The smoke from a burning cigarette is classified as mainstream, which is the smoke inhaled by the smoker during a puff, and sidestream, which is defined by ISO 10185 as all smoke which leaves a cigarette during the smoking process other than from the butt end. Most of the sidestream smoke is generated during static burn, that is, in between puffs. The amount of sidestream smoke generated by a cigarette depends on the cigarette construction, tobacco blend, and properties of the cigarette paper, The main paper properties affecting sidestream smoke generation are: porosity, basis weight, type and amount of filler, type and amount of burn additive.Sidestream smoke is composed of a visible phase (small liquid droplets) and an invisible phase (gaseous molecules). This paper focuses on the visible portion of the sidestream smoke. Optical methods, which are based on the relationship between light scattering and density of the rising plume of smoke, have been used successfully by the industry. However, the present trend is to use gravimetric methods where the particulate matter is captured on a Cambridge(R) filter pad and weighed. The gaseous portion of the sidestream smoke, which does not contribute to the visible sidestream smoke, passes through the Cambridge filter pad.Sidestream smoke reduction is achieved by modifying certain mass transport processes occurring in a smoldering cigarette. There are four main pathways for reducing sidestream smoke: A) less tobacco burned, B) slower rate of tobacco combustion, C) more efficient trapping of smoke by the cigarette paper, and D) more complete combustion of tobacco. This paper discusses how the physical properties of paper and cigarette construction affect sidestream smoke reduction via the above four mechanisms.

• Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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• v.32 no.2
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• pp.5-14
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• 2024

A study approached the development of a process for efficiently recycling discarded cigarette butts, reported as a major source of microplastic pollution in aquatic environments. Cigarette butts were sorted to extract filters, and cellulose acetate, the raw material of the filters, was extracted to a high degree of purity. The sorting of filters from cigarette butts was conducted through both wet and dry processes, each with optimized sorting conditions. Wet stirring sorting considered factors such as solid-liquid ratio, stirring speed, and stirring temperature. The highest efficiency of wet stirring sorting, at 46.21%, was observed with a solid-liquid ratio of 1:45, stirring speed of 200 rpm, and stirring temperature of 50℃. Dry wind power sorting took into account moisture content and residence time. The filter sorting efficiency reached its peak at 57.10% with a moisture content of 20% and a residence time of 5 minutes. There was no significant difference in the recovery rate of cellulose acetate between the two sorting processes. Dry wind power sorting was deemed a more advantageous process in terms of energy and environmental considerations within the scope of this study.

• Journal of Korean Institute of Fire Investigation
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.38-42
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• 2003

There are many origins of fire which are offered by many path, such as cigarette-butt, light of match, playing with fire, arson, and other, in and around wastebasket. Because of above-mentioned thing and the quality of the plastic, it is very difficult to discriminate the difference of burned pattern between in and around wastebasket, between an accidental fire and arson in oder to investigate the point of fire. In this study, the wastebaskets filled up with 2/3 combustibles, and then, in and around wastebasket using the gas lighter by ignitor, and we observe how the fire spread. As a result, if wastebaskets are burned inside the limit 50%, we discriminate the difference of burned pattern between in and around wastebasket. But, if wastebaskets are burned more thant 50%, it is impossible to discriminate the difference of burned pattern between in and around wastebasket.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.24 no.5
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• pp.39-49
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• 2010

In order to find out the environment vulnerable to cigarette fire in which smoldering fire grows into flame fire, a cigarette combustion test and numerical analysis were performed using fallen leaves of P. densiflora and Q. variabilis. Tests were repeated five times on 2,304 conditions with four cases of fuel moisture content, six cases of velocity, two cases of cigaret location against direction of the wind, three cases of cigaret location against fallen leaves, two species of thickness of cigaret, two cases of slope conditions and two cases of fragileness of fallen leaves. Cigaret fire's flammability to the fallen leaves was monitored by analyzing heat transfer process using CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamic) under the most optimal condition through an ignition test on 2,304 conditions. The result of a cigaret fire ignition test for fallen leaves, found ignition in 197 conditions out of 2,304 conditions representing 8.6% while 13 conditions representing approximately 0.6% saw ignition across five repeated tests. The result of CFD analysis, the temperature of the bottom of fallen leaves was reached on self-ignition and pilot-ignition temperature.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.116-120
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• 2008

According to the Fire Services Act revised in 2005, it has been required to set up sprinkler systems to all floors to the newly builded apartments having above 11 floors. But, according to the Fire Services Act before 2005, it had been required to set up sprinkler systems from 16 floors to the top floors to the apartments having above 16 floors. This case is the accident that a victim was dead by the fire which is inferred as an accidental fire by a cigarette butt in a 17th floor apartment unit in an apartment having 17th floors and that the bereaved family called in question why the sprinklers non worked at the fire. Through the field investigation, we checked that the sprinklers worked well when the fire detectors at the 16th floor of the apartment were operated and that the sprinklers non worked when the fire detectors at the 17th floor of the apartment were operated. We made clear that the cause of the sprinkler non-working at the 17th floor is the programming error of the sprinkler controller.