Table 2

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

Cigarette brand	TSNA, ng/cigarette						Percentage transfer from filler to smoke
Cigarette brand	NNN	NAT	NAB	NNK	NNN + NNK	Total TSNA	[pyridine-D₄]NNN	[pyridine-D₄]NNK
Philip Morris (Altria Group, Inc.)
Marlboro full flavour	171.0	119.7	16.6	90.3	261.3	397.7	11.5	9.0
Marlboro special blend	141.6	118.4	15.3	77.3	219.0	352.7	11.4	11.6
Marlboro blend No. 27	145.2	118.4	16.3	91.2	236.3	371.1	9.4	10.7
Marlboro blend No. 54	232.1	183.1	22.6	133.7	365.8	571.6	12.3	14.6
Marlboro smooth menthol	164.2	117.1	18.1	86.4	250.6	385.7	11.1	13.7
Marlboro Virginia blend	19.5	27.2	3.9	25.6	45.1	76.2	10.8	8.0
Basic full flavour	207.1	138.7	22.6	146.1	353.1	514.4	13.0	14.0
Average for Philip Morris brands	154.4	117.5	16.5	92.9	247.3	381.3	11.4	11.7
SD	67.9	46.4	6.3	39.4	105.9	157.2	1.2	2.6
Lorillard Tobacco Company
Newport menthol	151.8	109.3	13.6	65.6	217.3	340.3	13.1	14.6
RJ Reynolds (Reynolds American, Inc.)
Camel full flavour	120.2	97.8	15.6	67.5	187.7	301.1	9.5	9.2
Camel No. 9	102.8	77.2	12.4	44.4	147.2	236.7	9.2	9.0
Camel No. 9 menthol	75.2	60.2	8.9	43.4	118.6	187.7	7.0	7.4
Camel silver	100.3	77.6	12.4	45.6	145.9	235.9	7.9	9.0
Camel crush	96.9	90.0	15.1	48.1	145.0	250.1	9.8	12.2
Winston full flavour	172.8	144.4	27.9	78.5	251.3	423.7	12.0	10.4
Kool filter kings	135.8	111.3	17.0	63.0	198.8	327.1	12.6	14.2
Pall mall full flavour	114.3	80.6	11.5	72.8	187.1	279.2	12.2	13.8
Doral full flavour	225.9	124.8	15.7	100.4	326.3	466.8	8.5	7.5
Average for RJ Reynolds brands	127.1	96.0	15.2	62.6	189.8	300.9	9.8	10.3
SD	46.2	26.6	5.4	19.4	64.5	91.8	2.0	2.5

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