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Smoke Testing - Mainstream - Nicotine
Understand the key constituents of cigarette smoke created once the tobacco is ignited. Mainstream smoke leaves the mouth end of the cigarette after it passes through the tobacco column and filter, and is inhaled by the smoker.
This range of tests provides data for the following constituents of mainstream smoke. Click on each substance tested for further information and interesting facts.
| Tar |
Nicotine In low concentrations, the substance acts as a stimulant in mammals. Nicotine is named after the tobacco plant Nicotiana tabacum, named after Jean Nicot de Villemain, the French ambassador in Portugal in 1560. He promoted the tobacco plant's medicinal use. Nicotine was first isolated from the tobacco plant in 1828 by German chemists Posselt and Reimann. |
| Carbon Monoxide |
| Phenolic compounds |
| Carbonyls |
| Volatile organic compounds |
| Filter nicotine retention |
| Aromatic Amines |
| Pyridine |
| Quinolene |
| Styrene |
| Tobacco Specific Nitrosamines |
| Hydrogen Cyanide |
| Ammonia |
| Nitric Oxide |
| B[a]P |
| Metals |
| pH |
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