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Types of cigarettes investigated
| No. | Brand | Types of cigarettes | Abbreviations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evergrande | Full Open Smoke Kui | FOSK |
| 2 | Evergrande | Smoke Kui 1949 Medium | SK1949M |
| 3 | Evergrande | Memory 1949 Medium | M1949M |
| 4 | Evergrande | Hard Medium | HM |
| 5 | Evergrande | Blue and Gold Medium | BGM |
Pearson correlation coefficients for smoke sensory attributes
| X1 | X2 | X3 | X4 | X5 | X6 | X7 | X8 | X9 | X10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X1 | 1 | −0.999** | 0.918* | 0.895* | 0.928* | 0.872 | 0.86 | 0.997** | 0.970** | −0.964** |
| X2 | 1 | −0.915* | −0.894* | −0.933* | −0.861 | −0.877 | −0.994** | −0.975** | 0.967** | |
| X3 | 1 | 0.985** | 0.965** | 0.926* | 0.861 | 0.914* | 0.958* | −0.980** | ||
| X4 | 1 | 0.984** | 0.849 | 0.837 | 0.895* | 0.948* | −0.968** | |||
| X5 | 1 | 0.814 | 0.896* | 0.921* | 0.980** | −0.984** | ||||
| X6 | 1 | 0.782 | 0.866 | 0.864 | −0.893* | |||||
| X7 | 1 | 0.821 | 0.941* | −0.923* | ||||||
| X8 | 1 | 0.956* | −0.953* | |||||||
| X9 | 1 | −0.996** | ||||||||
| X10 | 1 |
Sensory attributes selected for quantitative descriptive analysis as a result of preliminary sessions
| Attributes | Characteristic | |
|---|---|---|
| Basic tastes | Sourness | The taste of citric acid alike |
| Sweetness | The taste of sweet alike | |
| Bitterness | The taste of quinine alike | |
| Saltiness | The taste of NaCl alike | |
| Feeling factors | Astringent | A feeling of dryness or tightness in the mouth |
| Throat roughing | A sensation of general discomfort on the throat surface | |
| Prickle | A prickling or tingling sensation | |
| Watering | A sensation similar to salivating at the taste of acid. | |
| Hotness | A chill-like heat sensation | |