CORESTA Congress, Shanghai, 2008, SSPTPOST 17
Analysis of glycolaldehyde in mainstream cigarette smoke
British American Tobacco, Group R&D, Southampton, UK
Glycolaldehyde (GA), also known as hydroxyacetaldehyde, has been identified as a major product in the pyrolysis of cellulose under conditions similar to those operating in a burning cigarette. GA has been identified as a mutagen in laboratory...