Abstract: The volatile components in tobacco material of typical electric heating type cigarette and cut filler in traditional cigarette released at different temperatures were analyzed by headspace-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry(HS-GC/MS). The results showed that: 1) The numbers of detectable volatile components released from tobacco material of novel cigarette and traditional cigarette differed and reached their maxima 67 and 82, respectively, at 200 ℃. 2) The main detected volatile components included formic acid, acetic acid, hydroxyacetone, propylene glycol, pyridine, furfural, 3-methylvaleric acid, 2,5-dimethylpyrazine, 2(5H)-furanone, glycerol, nicotine. The novel cigarette released much more glycerol and propylene glycol than did traditional cigarette, while traditional cigarette released more volatile pyrazines and furanones. 3)The typical volatile components released by novel cigarette increased first then decreased with the rise of temperature, some of them peaked at 120 ℃ and some at 150 ℃.