. 2014 Mar 8;16(7):984–991. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntu017

Table 1.

Cocoa and Chocolate Ingredients in Cigarettes by the Top 3 American Manufacturers: 1998, 1999, and 2012

Company	Maximum level of use in any cigarette brand (%)			Stated function^a
Company	1998^b	1999^b	2012^a	Stated function^a
RJ Reynolds	1.13 (RJ Reynolds, 2010)	1.11 (RJ Reynolds, 2010)	1.84 (Reasor, 2000b)	Casing, flavor (Reasor, 2000b)
Philip Morris USA	0.81 (Philip Morris USA, 2012)	0.60 (Philip Morris USA, 2012)	0.50 (Reasor, 2000a)	Flavor (Reasor, 2000a)
Lorillard	0.00 (Lorillard, 2011)	1.04 (Lorillard, 2011)	[not given] (Reasor, 2000c)	[not given] (Reasor, 2000c)

^aAs reported on public company Web sites.

^bNumbers obtained from reverse engineering done by Brown and Williamson in 2000. Cocoa levels are not available for all brands.