ABSTRACT
Periodically, tobacco researchers have reported the progress on the identification of tobacco and smoke components. Review articles by Johnstone and Plimmer (1971) and Izawa (1900) detailed much of the tobacco and smoke research conducted over the preceding century. Izawa listed 440 identified smoke components by 1961. The next year, Quin (3059) published a review of components found in tobacco and smoke. Herrmann (1625) reviewed phenolic compounds in tobacco smoke. In 1963, Philip Morris (2939) published a monograph on tobacco and smoke composition, a copy of which was provided the Advisory Committee on smoking and health to the U.S. Surgeon General (3999). In 1964, Elmenhorst and Reckzeh (1139) tabulated the aromatic hydrocarbons identified in tobacco smoke. Kuhn (2228, 2229) published articles on alkaloids in tobacco and their pyrolysis products in smoke. In their 1967 book, Wynder and Hoffmann (4332) discussed tobacco and smoke chemistry and the results of animal studies with tobacco smoke. Elmenhorst and Schultz (1140) listed 250 low-boiling components and vapor-phase components identified in tobacco smoke. In his 1968 review, Stedman (3797) listed nearly 1200 identified tobacco and smoke components. The next year, Neurath (2724) reported on the presence of 180 N-containing compounds in smoke.
