Chemistry of tobacco and tobacco smoke in chutta--a homemade cigar: a preliminary study.

Detailed chemical analysis of chuttas (a home made cigar) was carried out. Chutta smoke revealed a high content of nicotine and total particulate matter (TPM) as compared to the cigarette and Bidi (local hand rolled cigar). Chutta tobacco is rich in alkaloid content including nitrogen and the total carbohydrate content is low.