Skip to main content
Tob. Sci., 1960, 4-02, p. 7-8, ISSN.0082-4623

The composition of cigarette smoke IV. α-tocopherol

RODGMAN A.; COOK L.C.
Research Department, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, North Carolina USA

α-Tocopherol, a known constituent of flue-cured tobacco, has been identified as a component of the cigarette smoke from a cased commercial blend of tobacco. The α-tocopherol in the cigarette smoke comprised 0.0028 per cent of the tobacco consumed during the smoking process.

(Full article published with kind permission from "Tobacco International")