Analysis of cigarette mainstream smoke by gas chromatography

Cigarette Sample Puffs/cig, avge Acetaldehyde pg/cig Acetone pg/cig Acrolein pg/cig 

Because of the extrane differences between the levels of various components in cigarette smoke, levels that vary from milligrams per cigarette for nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and carbon monoxide to picograms per cigarette for several Af-heterocyclic 

Note The properties of the cigarette studied were as follows 85 mm filtered cigarette 68 mm, tobacco rod  

17 mm triacetin-plasticized cellulose acetate filter tip cased commercial American blend 

Much of this water is contributed by the air drawn through the cigarette during puffing (35-ml puff, l-sec duration, 1 puff/min, total puffs = 10) in a laboratory whose atmosphere is controlled to the specifications proposed by the FTC namely, temperature = 25°C, relative humidity (RH) = 60%. 

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