Modelling the Contribution of Passive Smoking to Exposure to PM10 in UK Homes

Abstract

A physical compartmental model (INTAIR) has been pa rameterised to estimate PM₁₀ concentrations and has been used to assess the contribution of smoking to PM₁₀ levels for typical homes in the UK. The results suggest that smoking activity at home increases the daily mean concentrations in the living room by 1-1.5 μg.m^-3 per cigarette smoked, and may contribute significantly to personal exposures to PM₁₀. The model simulations demonstrate that the contribution of smoking to daily mean concentrations is highly dependent on the air exchange rate between the room and outdoors.

Keywords

Indoor air pollution PM10 Microenvironment modelling Smoking activity

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