The invention relates to the
essential oil of tobaccos as well as a preparation method and application thereof to cigarettes. The
essential oil of the tobaccos is prepared by the following method of: taking discarded / defective tobacco wastes, extracting by an
organic solvent, taking the crude extract of the
essential oil, introducing
water vapor, condensing and separating oil and water so as to obtain the essential oil of the tobaccos. By adding the essential oil of the tobaccos, which is disclosed by the invention and is used as a flavoring agent, into the tobacco shreds of cigarettes, the self fragrance of the tobaccos can be increased, the quality of the fragrance of the cigarettes is enhanced, the excitation and the miscellaneous gas of the tobaccos are reduced, and
smoke is softened. The essential oil of the tobaccos as well as the preparation method and the application thereof to the cigarettes have the advantages that the
advantage of higher extracting yield of a
solvent extracting method and the characteristic of refinement of a water-vapor
distillation extracting method are combined, the yield of the essential oil of the tobaccos is obviously higher than that of a traditional water-vapor
distillation method, and extracting equipment and a
solvent are simple and convenient and are easy to obtain; and moreover, no
solvent residue exists in a final product of the essential oil of the tobaccos, and the safety of the product is high.