Essentra Laboratories provides a series of commercial tests to analyse the constituents of cigarette smoke.
Tests are divided into two ranges; mainstream tobacco smoke and side-stream tobacco smoke, including those required by ANVISA regulation.
For various smoking regimes and product categories, a separate set of tests is available to comply with the draft FDA Hazardous or Potentially Hazardous Compounds (HPHC) list. The set of tests include
| Name of test | What we test |
|---|---|
| Ammonia | Ammonia |
| Aromatic Amines | 1-aminonaphthalene, 2-aminonaphthalene, 3-aminobiphenyl, 4-aminobiphenyl |
| Benzo[a]pyrene | Benzo[a]pyrene |
| Carbonyls | Formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, acetone, acrolein, crotonaldehyde, methyl ethyl ketone, propionaldehyde, n-Butyraldehyde |
| Eugenol | Eugenol |
| Flavours | Upon request |
| Hydrogen cyanide | HCN |
| Menthol | Menthol |
| Mercury | Mercury (Hg) |
| Metals | Arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), lead (Pb), nickel (Ni), selenium (Se) |
| Nitric Oxide | Nitric oxide |
| pH | pH |
| Phenols | Catechol, o-cresol, m and p-cresol, phenol, hydroquinone, resorcinol |
| Semi-volatiles | pyridine, quinoline, styrene |
| Tar, nicotine, carbon monoxide (CO) | TPM, water, nicotine, NFDPM, carbon monoxide (CO), puff number |
| Tobacco specific Nitrosamines (TSNAs) | 4-(N-nitrosomethylamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK), N-nitrosonornicotine (NNN), N-nitrosoanabasine (NAB), N-nitrosoanatabine (NAT) |
| Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) | 1,3-butadiene, benzene, toluene, isoprene, acrylonitrile |
Various smoking regimes and product categories. The set of tests include
| Name of test | What we test |
|---|---|
| Ammonia | Ammonia |
| Aromatic amines | 1-aminonaphthalene, 2-aminonaphthalene, 3-aminobiphenyl, 4-aminobiphenyl |
| Benzo[a]pyrene | Benzo[a]pyrene |
| Carbonyls | Formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, acetone, acrolein, crotonaldehyde, methyl ethyl ketone, propionaldehyde, n-Butyraldehyde |
| Eugenol | Eugenol |
| Flavours | Upon request |
| Hydrogen cyanide | HCN |
| Menthol | Menthol |
| Mercury | Mercury (Hg) |
| Metals | Arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), lead (Pb), nickel (Ni), selenium (Se) |
| Nitric oxide | Nitric oxide |
| pH | pH |
| Phenols | Catechol, o-cresol, m and p-cresol, phenol, hydroquinone, resorcinol |
| Semi-volatiles | pyridine, quinoline, styrene |
| Tar, nicotine, carbon monoxide (CO) | TPM, water, nicotine, NFDPM, carbon monoxide (CO), puff number |
| Tobacco specific Nitrosamines (TSNAs) | 4-(N-nitrosomethylamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK), N-nitrosonornicotine (NNN), N-nitrosoanabasine (NAB), N-nitrosoanatabine (NAT) |
| Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) | 1,3-butadiene, benzene, toluene, isoprene, acrylonitrile |