CORESTA Meeting, Smoke/Technology, Xian, 2001, ST 44
Analysis of HCN in cigarette mainstream smoke using a SPME GC-MS method
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., Macon, GA, USA
Hydrogen cyanide (HCN), formed from pyrolysis of various nitrogenous compounds in tobacco, is present in cigarette smoke at levels around 300 µg/cig. Typical analyses of HCN in smoke have been performed using colorimetric or electrochemical...