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E-cigarettes: an evidence update <br /> <br />66 <br />Table 6: Nicotine in refill solutions, cartridges and aerosols of e-cigarette products <br />(Adjusted from Cheng et al. 2014) <br />Study Matrix Units Nicotine level Maximum deviation <br />from label* <br />Westenberger <br />[85] <br /> <br />Cartridge mg/cartridge 0.00 to 6.76 N.A. <br />Aerosol μg/100mLpuff 0.35 to 43.2 N.A. <br />Refill solution μg/mL N.D. to 25.6 N.A. <br /> Cartridge mg/cartridge 0.00 to 6.76 N.A. <br />Cobb et al <br />[86] <br />Cartridge mg/cartridge 3.23±0.5 to <br />4.07±0.54 <br />–80 to –77%† <br /> Aerosol μg/35 mL <br />puff <br />0.3 for puffs 11 to <br />50 to 1 for puffs 1 to <br />10 <br />N.A. <br />Trehy et al <br />[87] <br />Refill solutions mg/mL 0 to 25.6 –100 to 100%† <br />Cartridge mg/cartridge 0 to 21.8 –100 to 100%† <br />Aerosol μg/100 mL <br />puff <br />0 to 43.2 N.A. <br />Cheah et al <br />[88] <br />Cartridge mg/cartridge 0.00 to 15.3 –89 to 105%† <br />Pellegrino et <br />al [89] <br />Cartridge % W/W <0.001 to 0.25 N.A. <br />Aerosol mg/m3 <0.01 to 6.21 N.A. <br />McAuley et al <br />[90] <br />Indoor air ng/L 538 to 8770 N.A. <br /> <br />Goniewicz et <br />al [91] <br />Refill solution mg 0±0.0 to 25±1.1 –75 to 28% <br />Cartridge mg 0±0.0 to 19±0.5 –89 to 25% <br />Aerosol mg/150 puffs 0.3±0.2 to <br />8.7±1.0 <br />N.A. <br />Etter et al [92] Refill solution mg/mL N.D. to 29.0 –15 to 21%† <br />Kirschner et <br />al [93] <br />Refill solution mg/mL 14.8±0.2 to <br />87.2±2.7 <br />–50 to 40%† <br />Cameron et al <br />[94] <br />Refill solution mg/mL 8.5±0.16 to <br />22.2±0.62 <br />–66 to 42%† <br /> <br />Goniewicz et <br />al [95] <br />Liquids mg/mL N.D. to 36.6 <br />(150.3 ‘pure <br />nicotine’) <br />-92 to 104% <br />Geiss et al <br />[96] <br />Liquids mg/mL N.D. to 20.8 -0 to 16% <br />Kavvalakis et <br />al [97] <br />Liquids %w/v 1.01 to 1.62 -17 to +6% <br />Farsalinos et <br />al [98] <br />Liquids mg/ml Labelled 12-18 -21 to +22% <br />*Deviation from label = (measured value – labelled value) * 100/labelled value. <br />†Calculation performed by this analysis based on reported data in each study. <br />N.A. = not available; N.D. = none detected. <br />