Routine Gas Chromatographic Component Profiling of Cigarette Smoke for the Identification of Biologically Significant Constituents

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Abstract
Gas chromatographic component profiling is demonstrated to be an effective means of increasing the number of cigarette smoke components which can be surveyed for biological significance. Smoke particulate matter can be routinely profiled on standard columns following trimethylsilylation. The gas phase of smokes can be profiled directly. The use of sulfur and nitrogen selective detectors allows the convenient acquisition of data previously requiring prohibitive effort. The reproducibility of the profiles and high correlations between profile peak areas and independently determined quantitative results for the corresponding constituents demonstrate the applicability of the method to quantitative studies.

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