An Easily Built Smoking Machine for Use by Undergraduate Students in the Determination of Total Particulate Matter and Nicotine in Tobacco Smoke

AbstractSucrose esters, principally the 6-O-acetyl-2,3,4-tri-O-(3-methylvaleryl)-a-D-glucopyranosyl-b-D-fructofuran-oside isomer, isolated from the cuticular waxes of green T.I. 165 tobacco leaf, were evaluated as enhancers of 3-methylvaleric acid in the smoke of a tobacco deficient in this important flavor compound. Analyses of the products from semi-micro pyrolyses of sucrose and isolated sucrose esters, over a temperature range of 250°C - 850°C, showed that free sucrose produced 5-hydroxy-methylfurfural as the major component, whereas the ester isolate yielded 3-methylvaleric acid and lesser amounts of isomeric C4 and C5 aliphatic acids. Incorporation of sucrose ester isolate of T.I. 165 leaf into cigarettes prepared from flue-cured NC 2326 tobacco, the smoke of which is essentially devoid of 3-methylvaleric acid, resulted in a total particulate matter with enhanced levels of this compound. The data indicated that addition of approximately 2 mg of sucrose ester isolate per cigarette produced levels of 3-methylvaleric acid in the smoke of NC 2326 cigarettes that were comparable to levels observed in the smoke from cigarettes containing all T.I. 165 or blended Turkish tobacco.

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Determination of Total Particulate Matter, Nicotine, and Water in Cigarette Smoke

Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL ◽

10.1093/jaoac/45.3.540 ◽

1962 ◽

Vol 45 (3) ◽

pp. 540-545

Author(s):

C L Ogg ◽

W W Bates ◽

E C Cogbill ◽

R H Blackmore ◽

E L Petersen

Keyword(s):

Particulate Matter ◽

Cigarette Smoke ◽

Total Particulate Matter

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Determination of Benzene and Toluene In Exhaled Cigarette Smoke

Beiträge zur Tabakforschung International/Contributions to Tobacco Research ◽

10.2478/cttr-2013-0853 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 23 (2) ◽

pp. 107-114 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

S Moldoveanu ◽

W III Coleman ◽

J Wilkins

Keyword(s):

Particulate Matter ◽

Cigarette Smoke ◽

Vapor Phase ◽

Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽

Federal Trade Commission ◽

Particulate Phase ◽

Total Particulate Matter ◽

Retention Efficiency ◽

Lower Limits

AbstractThis study describes the results regarding the evaluation of retention efficiency by humans of benzene and toluene from cigarette smoke. The evaluated cigarette was a common commercial cigarette with 10.6 mg ‘tar’ [U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ‘tar’ is defined as the weight of total particulate matter minus nicotine and water]. The test was performed on ten subjects. The exhaled smoke was collected using a vacuum assisted technique that avoids strain in exhaling the smoke. The study showed that benzene was retained at levels of 89% to 98%, and toluene was retained at similar levels, between 87% and 99%. The lower limits of retention for both benzene and toluene are unexpectedly low compared to the retention of bi-and tricyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which have retentions from cigarette smoke above 95%. This is probably caused by the fact that monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are present practically only in the vapor phase of cigarette smoke and at considerably higher levels than bi- and tri-cyclic aromatic hydrocarbons which are present almost completely in the particulate phase of cigarette smoke.

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