According to a report by Yonhap News Agency on December 28, the Korea Food and Drug Safety Agency (Food and Drug Administration, head Ou Yujing) announced 15 test methods that can be used to analyze 44 harmful ingredients contained in cigarettes, as well as methods to verify the reliability of test results. Necessary validity verification information.
These 44 ingredients are designated by the World Health Organization and Health Canada, including nicotine, tar, 5 volatile organic compounds, 3 medium volatile organic compounds, 6 heavy metals, and 8 mercury, hydrogen cyanide, and carbonyl compounds , 4 types of smoke-specific nitrosamines, 4 types of ammonia and aromatic amines, 6 types of benzopyrene, nitrogen oxides, phenolic compounds, and carbon monoxide.
According to the regulations of the Food and Drug Administration, starting from November 2025, tobacco manufacturing, importing and selling companies must conduct testing for harmful ingredients in cigarette products every two years, and report the test results and information on tobacco additives to the Food and Drug Safety Administration. In addition, inspection reports and information on raw materials and additives in tobacco are also required to be reported to the Food and Drug Safety Agency. E-cigarettes are also listed as targets for disclosure of harmful ingredients this time.
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety stated that this research report will help disclose the analysis of harmful components of tobacco and reveal the harmful components of cigarettes to improve citizens’ health awareness. In the future, it will continue to develop tobacco analysis methods to ensure unimpeded implementation of harmful components of tobacco. management law.
