“…Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) 3 has been the most widely used method for the determination of organic acids in tobacco and tobacco products due to its rapidity, simplicity, and high sensitivity. 8 Meanwhile, many other approaches such as, high-perfomance liquid chromatography (HPLC), 7,9 ion chromatography, 10 and capillary isotachophoresis 11 have been used and most of them result in excellent resolution and high detection sensitivity. However, all of these methods require a laborious and time-consuming derivatization procedure for sample preparation, due to the high polarity of organic acids.…”