Table 3.
Place of purchase (number of samples) | Unprotonated nicotine levelsa, mg/g dry weight |
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<2 | 2–4 | >4 | |
West | |||
Alamosa, CO (2) | 4.30 ± 0.60 | ||
Greeley, CO (2) | 4.12 ± 0.21 | ||
Westcliffe, CO (2) | 4.71 ± 0.33 | ||
Midwest | |||
Spenser, IN (2) | 2.79 ± 0.45 | ||
Indianapolis, IN (2) | 3.61 ± 0.04 | ||
Lincoln, NE (2) | 1.85 ± 0.06 | ||
Pacific Northwest | |||
Anchorage 1, AK (2) | 1.50 ± 0.20 | ||
Anchorage 2, AK (2) | 1.52 ± 0.13 | ||
Eagle River, AK (2) | 1.78 ± 0.12 | ||
Northeast | |||
Allenstown, NH (2) | 4.65 ± 0.17 | ||
Nartwick, NY (2) | 1.87 ± 0.09 | ||
Mid-Atlantic/Appalachia | |||
Morgantown, WV (6) | 4.28 ± 0.15 | ||
South | |||
Suwanee, GA (2) | 5.36 ± 0.01 | ||
Duluth, GA (2) | 3.36 ± 0.03 | ||
Paris, AR (4) | 4.79 ± 0.23 |
Note. aLevels in all flavors available at a given location were combined to calculate mean and SD.