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Table 3 Summary of consumption estimates and population-normalised loads measured in wastewater data for alcohol, tobacco and caffeine

From: Comparison of pharmaceutical, illicit drug, alcohol, nicotine and caffeine levels in wastewater with sale, seizure and consumption data for 8 European cities

 

Alcohol

Tobacco

Caffeine (Coffee)

Reported

Wastewater

Reported

Wastewater

Reported

Wastewater

WHO

EtS

Euromonitor Int.

HydCot + Cot

Euromonitor Int.

Caffeine

Sum Metabolites

City/Country

(L/year/person.)

c(g/day/1000 inh)

(cigarettes/person/day)

(g/day/1000 inh.)

(kg per capita in 2013.)

g/day/1000 inh

Oslo/Norway

9.5

4.9

1.5

6.7

7.2

42.9

129.7

Castellon/Spain

13.2

1.7

4.8

5.2

3.0

9.9

74.2

Brussels/Belgium

13.3

5.6

4.0

5.3

4.9

25.8

116.6

Bristol/UK

14.1

4.2

2.1

3.4

1.7

22.1

112.8

Utrecht/Netherlands

11.9

2.8

2.2

2.1

6.7

13.4

57.3

Milan/Italy

7.8

1.7

4.0

2.6

3.4

10.8

49.9

Zurich/Switzerland

12.6

3.8

4.7

6.0

3.9

24.5

141.0

Copenhagen/Denmark

13.9

7.7

3.9

2.1

5.3

39.4

154.1