Comparison of tobacco-specific nitrosamine levels from nicotine replacement products and tobacco products (ng/g of product wet weight), except for nicotine gum (ng/piece), nicotine patch (ng/patch), e-Cigarette (ng per 16 mg cartridge))
| Product Type | Product Brand | NNN | NNK | NAT | NAB | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicotine replacement product | Nicorette gum (4 mg)4 NicoDerm CQ patch (4 mg)4 | 2.00 ND | ND 8.00 | ND ND | ND ND | 2.00 8.00 |
| E-cigarette | Ruyan (16 mg cartridge)3 | 3.87 | 1.46 | 2.16 | 0.69 | 8.18 |
| Smokeless tobacco | Ariva hard snuff 4 Stonewall hard snuff4 Revel packets (wintergreen)4 Swedish snus4 Kodiak (wintergreen)4 Copenhagen snuff4 Skoal (long cut straight)4 | 19 56 640 980 2200 2200 4500 | 37 43 32 180 410 750 470 | 120 170 310 790 1800 1800 4100 | 8 7 17 60 150 120 220 | 184 276 999 2010 4560 4870 9290 |
| Cigarette | Quest 1 low-nicotine cigarette4 Winston cigarette (full)4 Newport cigarette (full)4 Marlboro cigarette (ultra light)4 Camel cigarette (ultra light)4 Camel cigarette (full)4 Marlboro cigarette (full)4 | 930 2200 1100 2900 2800 2500 2900 | 170 580 830 750 770 900 960 | 310 560 1900 1100 1200 1700 2300 | 13 25 55 58 55 91 100 | 1423 3365 3885 4808 4825 5191 6260 |
NAB: N′-nitrosoanabasine; NAT: N′-nitrosoanatabine; NNK: N′-nitrosonornicotine; NNN: 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone.
ND, not detected.