Table 1

Tobacco-specific N-nitrosamines (TSNAs) in the tobacco filler of some US cigarettes marketed in 2010*†

Cigarette brand	Filler weight, g	Moisture content, %	TSNA, μg/g tobacco (wet weight)
Cigarette brand	Filler weight, g	Moisture content, %	NNN	NAT	NAB	NNK	NNN + NNK	Total TSNA
Philip Morris (Altria Group, Inc.)
Marlboro Full Flavour	0.675	12.8	2.06	1.74	0.11	0.72	2.78	4.63
Marlboro Special Blend	0.616	12.5	2.40	1.69	0.08	0.69	3.09	4.86
Marlboro Blend No. 27	0.627	11.3	2.44	1.77	0.10	0.62	3.06	4.93
Marlboro Blend No. 54	0.638	11.7	3.34	2.60	0.14	0.91	4.25	6.99
Marlboro Smooth Menthol	0.599	9.4	4.03	2.22	0.13	0.62	4.65	7.00
Marlboro Virginia Blend	0.635	11.6	0.33	0.44	0.04	0.34	0.67	1.14
Basic Full Flavour	0.664	11.9	2.35	1.54	0.10	0.80	3.15	4.79
Average for Philip Morris brands	0.636	11.6	2.42	1.71	0.10	0.67	3.09	4.91
SD	0.026	1.1	1.15	0.67	0.03	0.18	1.28	1.96
Lorillard Tobacco Company
Newport Menthol	0.664	14.1	1.75	1.29	0.08	0.49	2.24	3.62
RJ Reynolds (Reynolds American, Inc.)
Camel Full Flavour	0.769	13.8	1.48	1.20	0.08	0.48	1.96	3.24
Camel No. 9	0.675	11.8	1.78	1.30	0.08	0.50	2.28	3.66
Camel No. 9 Menthol	0.634	12.8	1.56	1.06	0.05	0.43	1.99	3.09
Camel Silver	0.610	11.6	1.01	0.80	0.05	0.42	1.43	2.28
Camel Crush	0.650	12.1	1.36	1.14	0.08	0.41	1.77	2.99
Winston Full Flavour	0.659	12.0	1.35	1.01	0.07	0.50	1.85	2.93
Kool Filter Kings	0.660	13.9	1.49	1.43	0.08	0.66	2.15	3.65
Pall Mall Full Flavour	0.778	11.8	1.42	0.93	0.06	0.49	1.91	2.90
Doral Full Flavour	0.672	8.8	3.17	1.67	0.09	0.84	4.01	5.77
Average for RJ Reynolds brands	0.679	12.1	1.62	1.17	0.07	0.53	2.15	3.39
SD	0.057	1.5	0.61	0.27	0.01	0.14	0.74	0.98

↵* All the cigarette brands analysed here are king-size filtered cigarettes packaged in hard packs.
↵† Each value is the mean of three analyses.
NAB, N′-nitrosoanabasine; NAT,N′-nitrosoanatabine; NNK, 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone; NNN,N'-nitrosonornicotine.