17 volatile organic acids in tinctures of Radix angelica Pubescens , coffee, date, cacao, licorice, ling vanilla, hop, fenugreek, Aglaia odorata , vanilla for the use of tobacco were determined. The samples were extracted with ASE, then derived with N, O-bis (trimethylsilyl) trifluoroacetamide, and determined by GC/MS under SIM - SCAN modes. The results showed that: 1) the recoveries of the acids ranged from 76.62% to 107.60% with RSDs below 10.43%; 2) formic, acetic, propanoic, butyric, pentanoic, hexanoic, lactic, 2-furoic, heptanoic, benzoic, octanoic, nonanoic, and decanoic acids were found in all tincture samples, and the majority were formic, acetic, lactic, 2-furoic, and benzoic acids, while neither 3-methylvaleric acid nor 4-methylvaleric acid was detected. Minor 2-methyl butyric acid was identified in coffee and cacao tinctures, 3-methylbutyric acid was found in fenugreek, coffee, cacao, hop, Aglaia odorata , and date tinctures, which was one of the major acids in hop tincture.