Mainstream smoke inhaled by a 70-kg smoker contains roughly 0.03 mg per cigarette of the class B2 carcinogen, benzo(a) pyrene. For an individual who smokes 20 cigarettes per day for 40 years, estimate the lifetime risk of cancer caused by that benzo(a)pyrene (there are other carcinogens in cigarettes as well).

Mainstream smoke inhaled by a 70-kg smoker contains roughly 0.03 mg per cigarette of the class B2 carcinogen, benzo(a) pyrene. For an individual who smokes 20 cigarettes per day for 40 years, estimate the lifetime risk of cancer caused by that benzo(a)pyrene (there are other carcinogens in cigarettes as well).

Solid Waste Engineering

3rd Edition

ISBN:9781305635203

Author:Worrell, William A.

Publisher:Worrell, William A.

Chapter7: Thermal Processes

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 7.9P

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