Evaluation of an apparatus designed for the collection of sidestream tobacco smoke.

A method for the routine analysis of sidestream tobacco smoke has been developed. Fundamental to the analysis is the design of a glass fishtail chimney that sits over a burning cigarette and allows the smoke to be directed in a controlled manner to various trapping and analysing devices. The analytical variability of the method is given for the determination of particulate matter, nicotine, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide in sidestream smoke.