Combustion Temperatures of Some Unblended Cigarettes and the Transfer of Nicotine into Cigarette Smoke

抄録

The combustion-zone temperature of cigarettes made from each individual tobacco leaf of several varieties, was measured as follows: Turkish-846°C, Bright-844°C, Japanese Native “Nambu” -832°C, Japanese native “Matsukawa”, “Daruma” and Burley-812°C. Within the range of 1.0 and 1.2g for Turkish and Bright, and 0.7 and 0.9g for the others, it was found that throughout the varieties, thickness of the cigarette has no affect on the combustion-zone temperatures. The amount of nicotine contained in the smoke (Ymg) per one gram of the consumed cigarette is mainly affected by the contents of nicotine in the cut leaves (X%), and the relation between both values of each variety of tobacco leaves is shown as follows: Y=1.7X.