QUANTIFICATION OF PASSIVE SMOKING USING PROTON-TRANSFER-REACTION MASS-SPECTROMETRY

Using acetonitrile as the lead component, quantitative comparison betw een passive smoking and direct smoking was achieved by performing meas urements using proton-transfer-reaction mass spectrometry. Staying for a working day (8 h) in a smoke laden environment, as is typical for p ubs where guests are smoking heavily, is equivalent to smoking one to two cigarettes. (Int J Mass Spectrom 178 (1998) L1-L4) (C) 1998 Elsevi er Science B.V.