Identification and determination of mainstream and sidestream smoke components in different brands and types of cigarettes by means of solid-phase microextraction-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.
The qualitative and quantitative determination of components of mainstream and sidestream smoke has been performed by solid-phase microextraction-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Several brands and types of cigarettes sold in Italy were considered: normal, mild, light, extra light, some with filter and some without. Extraction of the analytes was performed by means of solid-phase microextraction (SPME) and the optimisation of the extraction procedure was performed by experimental design, taking into consideration type of fiber polymer, exposure temperature and time. Sixty-seven components of mainstream and sidestream smoke were identified. The quantified compounds (by means of deuterium-labelled isotopologues) were benzene, toluene, p-xylene, m-xylene, pyridine, o-xylene, limonene, naphthalene, phenol and nicotine. Finally, a comparison between the chemical profile of smoke from the different cigarettes was made.
Pieraccini
Giuseppe
G
Interdepartmental Center for Mass Spectrometry, University of Florence, Viale Pieraccini 6, 50139 Florence, Italy. giuseppe.pieraccini@unifi.it <giuseppe.pieraccini@unifi.it>
Furlanetto
Sandra
S
Orlandini
Serena
S
Bartolucci
Gianluca
G
Giannini
Iacopo
I
Pinzauti
Sergio
S
Moneti
Gloriano
G
D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D012906:Smoke / Q000032:analysis*; D014026:Nicotiana
D012906:Smoke