We report here that H-atom tunneling facilitates the propagation step in the tocopherol-mediated peroxidation (TMP) of 7-dehydrocholesterol. This process likely becomes a major propagation pathway when radical intermediates are isolated in cellular organelles or lipid particles such as low-density lipoproteins. In TMP of 7-DHC and deuterium-reinforced 7-DHC, the KIE of removing hydrogen/deuterium at C9 was found to be 21 ± 1.