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12.3 Chemicals and contaminants in tobacco products
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Relevant news and research: Chemicals and contaminants in tobacco products

Center for Tobacco Products (2026). FDA Adds 18 Constituents to the List of Harmful and Potentially Harmful Constituents, Seeks Comment on Three Additional Constituents. . Available from: https://www.fda.gov/tobacco-products/ctp-newsroom/fda-adds-18-constituents-list-harmful-and-potentially-harmful-constituents-seeks-comment-three


Gundogdu, S., Terzi, Y., Caglayan, U., Ozturk, R. C., Avcioglu, S. and Gedik, K. (2026). Smoking microplastics: Global evidence of microplastic contamination in cigarette tobacco. Environ Pollut, 128084. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41962825


Kou, R., Wang, C., Wan, R., Su, M., Xu, H., Fu, Y., Lin, Y., Song, X., Bi, Y., Zhao, L., Guo, J., Wang, H., Liu, Z., Yang, S. and Nie, C. (2026). Rapid discrimination of geographical origin and analysis of chemical characterization of tobacco leaves from multiple countries. Front Chem, 1721371. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41940011


Verma, D., Zhang, Z. and Liu, J. (2025). Editorial: Tobacco disease and biological control. Front Microbiol, 1694523. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41113638


Yu, Y., Yang, Y., Jia, J., Zhou, H., Qiu, Y., Sun, M. and Chen, H. (2025). Changes in microbial composition during flue-cured tobacco aging and their effects on chemical composition: a review. Bioresour Bioprocess, 1, 43. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40397057


Li, Z. J., Yang, D. D., Wei, Z. Y., Huang, J., Chi, Y. Q., Lu, Y. X. and Yin, F. W. (2024). Reduction of nicotine content in tobacco through microbial degradation: research progress and potential applications. Biotechnol Biofuels Bioprod, 1, 144. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39695820


Earlier news and research

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