title: 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.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Interdepartmental Center for Mass Spectrometry, University of Florence, Viale Pieraccini 6, 50139 Florence, Italy. giuseppe.pieraccini@unifi.it <giuseppe.pieraccini@unifi.it>
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pieraccini
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Furlanetto
authors.forename: Serena
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Orlandini
authors.forename: Gianluca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bartolucci
authors.forename: Iacopo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Giannini
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pinzauti
authors.forename: Gloriano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Moneti
mesh_terms: D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D012906:Smoke / Q000032:analysis*; D014026:Nicotiana
chemical_list: D012906:Smoke