The invention relates to a method for detecting the contents of 22 kinds of volatile organic compounds in cigarette tipping paper printing ink, including benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, ortho / meta / para-xylene, phenethylene, methanol, ethanol, isopropyl alcohol, n-propyl alcohol, n-butanol, acetone, 4-methyl-2-pentanone, butanone, cyclohexanone, ethyl acetate, n-propyl acetate, n-butyl acetate, isopropyl acetate, 1-methoxy-2-propyl alcohol and 1-ethoxy-2-propyl alcohol. Detection is performed by headspace gas chromatography by taking glyceryl triacetate as a matrix rectifier. According to the method provided by the invention, a sample pretreatment process is simple, the automation degree of the whole operation is high, the simultaneous detection of various volatile organic compounds can be realized, and the detection sensitivity, the recovery rate and the result precision are high.