Table 1.
Measured menthol content of commercial and reference cigarettes
| Product | Size | Pkg Type | Flavor | Mean Cigarette Mass (g) | Menthol Level (mg/cig) | RSD (%) (n=7)* | Menthol to Non-Menthol Ratio** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic Red | King | Box | Regular | 0.907 | 0.0119 | 14 | N/A |
| Benson & Hedges Gold | 100s | Box | Regular | 1.09 | 0.0254 | 7.3 | N/A |
| Camel Crush | King | Box | Menthol | 0.928 | 14.1 | 2.8 | 1615 |
| Camel Filters | King | Hard Pack | Regular | 0.937 | 0.00873 | 4.6 | |
| Camel Menthol | King | Box | Menthol | 0.916 | 10.8 | 4.3 | 1237 |
| Capri Green | N/A | Box | Menthol | 0.564 | 2.88 | 5.1 | N/A |
| Carlton | 100s | Box | Regular | 0.933 | 0.0310 | 11 | N/A |
| Doral Gold | King | Box | Menthol | 0.881 | 4.92 | 6.2 | |
| King | Box | Regular | 0.878 | 0.00846 | 11 | 581 | |
| Doral Red | King | Box | Regular | 0.900 | 0.0137 | 12 | 359 |
| Dunhill Dark Green | N/A | Box | Menthol | 1.02 | 4.51 | 6.7 | N/A |
| Eve Turquoise | Slim 120s | Box | Menthol | 0.925 | 4.91 | 5.2 | N/A |
| Fortuna Green | King | Box | Menthol | 0.900 | 4.55 | 8.3 | 2513 |
| Fortuna Red | King | Box | Regular | 0.806 | 0.00181 | 24 | |
| Kent Gold | 100s | Soft Pack | Regular | 1.10 | 0.0278 | 5.8 | N/A |
| Kool | King | Box | Menthol | 0.960 | 4.58 | 4.6 | N/A |
| Marlboro | King | Box | Menthol | 0.891 | 4.41 | 6.1 | 507 |
| King | Box | Menthol | 0.916 | 4.29 | 8.2 | 493 | |
| Marlboro Blue | King | Box | Menthol | 0.884 | 3.29 | 5.6 | 378 |
| Marlboro Red | King | Box | Regular | 0.915 | 0.0129 | 5.0 | N/A |
| Marlboro Silver | King | Box | Regular | 0.861 | 0.00870 | 9.5 | |
| Maverick Green | King | Box | Menthol | 0.937 | 4.98 | 3.8 | 257 |
| Maverick Red | King | Box | Regular | 0.905 | 0.0109 | 7.4 | |
| More | 120s | Soft Pack | Menthol | 0.977 | 5.11 | 5.3 | 263 |
| 120s | Soft Pack | Regular | 0.989 | 0.0194 | 5.0 | ||
| Natural American Spirit Dark Green | King | Box | Menthol | 1.13 | 7.20 | 6.4 | 1791 |
| Natural American Spirit Light Green | King | Box | Menthol | 1.18 | 19.6 | 6.4 | 4875 |
| Natural American Spirit Yellow | King | Box | Mellow | 1.09 | 0.00402 | 25 | |
| Newport Gold | King | Box | Menthol | 0.907 | 4.21 | 3.1 | 290 |
| King | Soft Pack | Menthol | 0.953 | 4.85 | 4.7 | 334 | |
| 100s | Box | Menthol | 1.10 | 6.94 | 4.8 | N/A | |
| King | Box | Regular | 0.883 | 0.0145 | 14 | N/A | |
| Newport Green | King | Box | Menthol | 0.932 | 3.84 | 8.0 | N/A |
| 100s | Box | Menthol | 1.11 | 5.30 | 5.5 | N/A | |
| 100s | Box | Menthol | 1.09 | 5.40 | 3.6 | N/A | |
| Pall Mall Red | King | Box | Regular | 0.961 | 0.02 | 9.1 | N/A |
| Parliament Blue | King | Box | Regular | 0.898 | 0.011 | 15 | N/A |
| Pyramid Blue | 100s | Box | Regular | 1.01 | 0.073 | 9.9 | 50 |
| Pyramid Gold | 100s | Box | Menthol | 1.02 | 3.67 | 6.3 | |
| Pyramid Red | 100s | Box | Regular | 1.00 | 0.063 | 21 | 58 |
| Rave Green | 100s | Box | Menthol | 0.915 | 5.20 | 9.5 | 2889 |
| Rave Red | King | Box | Regular | 0.773 | 0.0018 | 31 | |
| Saratoga | 120s | Box | Regular | 1.13 | 0.019 | 7.5 | N/A |
| USA Gold Red | King | Box | Regular | 0.780 | 0.0045 | 15 | N/A |
| Winston Red | King | Box | Regular | 0.900 | 0.011 | 10 | N/A |
| 1R5F | N/A | Soft Pack | Regular | 0.843 | <LOD | N/A | N/A |
| 3R4F | N/A | Soft Pack | Regular | 1.038 | 0.0058 | 19 | N/A |
*
n=7 means seven replicates with separate sampling from extraction to GC/MS analysis.
**
For a given brand, the ratio was calculated by dividing the menthol level of the menthol product with that of non-menthol product.