. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 3.

Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2009 Mar 3;18(3):876. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-08-0731

Table 1.

FTC yields of study cigarettes

Smoke constituent	Commercial cigarette brand
	Usual brand	Pall Mall 100 SP	Merit King SP	True King SP	Now 100 SP	Carlton 100 SP
Nicotine (mg)	1.05 (0.89–1.19)^*	0.9	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.1
Tar (mg)	12.1 (10.8–13.3)^*	12	8	4	2	1
Carbon monoxide (mg)	12.8 (11.8–13.7)^*	12	10	5	3	1
Ventilation (%)^†	NA	10	70	59	73	79

NOTE: Based on FTC machine testing 2001.

Mean (95% CI).

^†

From Massachusetts Department of Public Health Document 105 CMR 666.000. Cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products: reports of added constituents and nicotine ratings.