Simultaneous Determination of Cadmium and Lead in Cigarettes and Cigarette Smoke by Impaction-Graphite Furnace and Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometry

The simultaneous determination of cadmium and lead in cigarette smoke was achieved using a unique impaction-graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry system (I-GFAAS), and in inert cigarette parts (whole, tobacco, filter, and paper) using conventional graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry (GFAAS) following digestion using a previously established microwave digestion method. Results showed that in both the whole cigarette and the smoke there was about a factor of two in lead compared to cadmium concentrations, typically 17.56 compared to 31.94 mg/g for whole cigarette and 13.41 to 25.72 ng/m3 for cigarette smoke.