Table 1.

Levels of toxic and carcinogenic constituents in two samples of nasvai.

Constituent or measure*	Pre-packaged nasvai	Bulk nasvai
Moisture, %	12.8 ± 0.6	49.3 ± 0.6
pH	8.66 ± 0.03	10.02 ± 0.07
Total nicotine, mg/g	5.42 ± 0.04	28.0 ± 0.7
Unprotonated nicotine, %	81.3 ± 0.9	99.0 ± 0.1
Unprotonated nicotine, mg/g	4.41 ± 0.06	27.7 ± 0.6
NNN, ng/g	1,189 ± 68	642 ± 53
NNK, ng/g	192 ± 21	71 ± 4
NNAL, ng/g	2.8 ± 0.3	1.7 ± 0.7
Phenanthrene, ng/g	13.5 ± 0.5	9.0 ± 0.4
Pyrene, ng/g	7.6 ± 0.3	6.8 ± 0.3

^*The results of constituent levels expressed per gram wet weight (as is being used by consumers). Each constituent was analyzed in triplicate; results are presented as mean ± SD of the three measurements