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A Review on the Analysis and Pattern Characteristics of Flavor Chemicals in Tobacco Products
J Korean Soc Res Nicotine Tob 2023; 14(3): 61-68
Published online September 30, 2023
© 2023 The Korean Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco.

Ho-Sang Shin*,†

Department of Environmental Education, Kongju National University, Kongju, Korea
Correspondence to: *신호상
공주대학교 환경교육과
E-mail: hshin@kongju.ac.kr
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9827-5074

†Current affiliation: International Advanced Analytical Institute, Goyang, Korea
Received July 24, 2023; Revised August 9, 2023; Accepted August 9, 2023.
This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, dis-tribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
 Abstract
Tobacco products contain several types of additives for various purposes. Particularly, flavor chemicals have been controversial due to the harmful and attractive effects of smoking. Domestic and foreign research papers about the detection of additives and flavoring agents in tobacco products, including the toxicity or problems of detected flavoring chemicals, were reviewed. As a consequence of reviewing research articles, it was revealed that tobacco products contained hundreds of flavor chemicals, and the total concentration of these flavoring components present in heated tobacco products with flavor capsules was seven times than that of traditional tobacco products. Among the flavoring components, in menthol products, the methanol content reached about 80% of the total flavor chemicals. Moreover, even in non-menthol products, the menthol content accounted for 0.1%-5.5%. In conclusion, using flavor capsules in tobacco products should be banned, and regulations of the use of flavor chemicals including menthol should be discussed.
Keywords : Flavor chemicals; Tobacco products; Heated tobacco products; Traditional tobacco products; Flavor capsule
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