Table 1.

Nicotine Concentrations (mg/g) and pH Levels Found in the Tobacco Filler of 50 Top-selling Commercial Cigarettes (N = 7), 3 Reference, One Monitor, and Various Experimental Cigarettes

Product Number	Manufacturer a	Cigarette brand	Size	Package	Flavorb	Nicotine (mg/g)			pH
						Mean	SD c	CV (%) d	Mean	SD
1	Santa Fe	Natural American Spirit	King	Hard Pack	NM	26.3	0.48	1.84	5.14	0.01
2	RJR	NOW Gold	100s	Soft Pack	NM	21.8	0.36	1.65	5.54	0.02
3	RJR	Carlton White	100s	Hard Pack	NM	21.7	0.34	1.58	5.60	0.02
4	RJR	Kool Green	King	Soft Pack	M	20.7	0.57	2.74	5.48	0.03
5	RJR	Kool Green	King	Hard Pack	M	20.5	0.26	1.26	5.49	0.02
6	RJR	Capri Magenta	Super Slims	Hard Pack	NM	20.1	0.50	2.47	5.39	0.01
7	RJR	Winston Red	100s	Hard Pack	NM	20.0	0.31	1.55	5.49	0.03
8	RJR	Winston White	100s	Hard Pack	NM	20.0	0.61	3.05	5.46	0.02
9	RJR	Winston Red	King	Hard Pack	NM	20.0	0.62	3.11	5.44	0.01
10	RJR	Winston Gold	King	Hard Pack	NM	19.8	0.93	4.67	5.44	0.02
11	RJR	Camel Blue	King	Hard Pack	NM	20.1	0.29	1.43	5.47	0.01
12	RJR	Camel Filters	King	Hard Pack	NM	19.4	0.36	1.84	5.33	0.01
13	RJR	Salem Gold	King	Hard Pack	M	18.8	0.48	2.55	5.40	0.02
14	RJR	Salem Green	King	Hard Pack	M	18.2	0.45	2.50	5.49	0.01
15	RJR	Salem Gold	100s	Hard Pack	M	18.0	0.64	3.56	5.51	0.03
16	RJR	Salem Silver	100s	Hard Pack	M	17.9	0.55	3.06	5.51	0.01
17	RJR	Pall Mall Blue	King	Hard Pack	NM	17.2	0.46	2.67	5.33	0.02
18	RJR	Vantage Multicolor	King	Soft Pack	NM	16.9	0.39	2.31	5.59	0.01
19	RJR	Doral Gold	King	Hard Pack	NM	16.8	0.41	2.46	5.61	0.02
20	RJR	Doral Silver	100s	Hard Pack	NM	16.7	0.51	3.04	5.57	0.01
21	RJR	Misty Blue	Slim	Hard Pack	NM	16.4	0.46	2.81	5.48	0.01
22	Lorillard	Kent Golden	King	Soft Pack	NM	21.0	0.36	1.70	5.32	0.01
23	Lorillard	True Silver	King	Soft Pack	NM	19.8	0.68	3.45	5.29	0.01
24	Lorillard	Newport Green	King	Hard Pack	M	19.4	0.15	0.77	5.36	0.01
25	Lorillard	Newport Green	King	Soft Pack	M	19.2	0.48	2.52	5.37	0.01
26	PM	Marlboro Silver	100s	Hard Pack	NM	20.8	0.40	1.92	5.56	0.02
27	PM	Marlboro Silver	King	Hard Pack	NM	20.8	0.26	1.25	5.51	0.01
28	PM	Marlboro Gold	100s	Soft Pack	NM	20.5	0.55	2.68	5.43	0.02
29	PM	Marlboro Red	King	Hard Pack	NM	20.3	0.43	2.12	5.51	0.01
30	PM	Marlboro Green	King	Hard Pack	M	20.0	0.19	0.93	5.45	0.02
31	PM	Marlboro Red	King	Soft Pack	NM	19.7	0.42	2.12	5.54	0.02
32	PM	Marlboro Gold	King	Soft Pack	NM	19.7	0.37	1.87	5.47	0.01
33	PM	Marlboro Gold	King	Hard Pack	NM	19.5	0.41	2.09	5.45	0.03
34	PM	Marlboro Gold	King	Hard Pack	M	19.4	0.56	2.90	5.51	0.03
35	PM	Marlboro Red Label	King	Hard Pack	NM	19.3	0.82	4.25	5.53	0.01
36	PM	Marlboro Gold	100s	Hard Pack	NM	19.2	0.22	1.13	5.52	0.02
37	PM	Marlboro Red	100s	Soft Pack	NM	19.1	0.38	1.98	5.37	0.01
38	PM	Marlboro Red	100s	Hard Pack	NM	18.4	0.41	2.23	5.50	0.01
39	PM	Merit Gold	King	Soft Pack	NM	19.5	0.35	1.77	5.49	0.02
40	PM	Benson & Hedges LG e	100s	Soft Pack	NM	19.4	0.39	2.01	5.41	0.01
41	PM	Benson & Hedges Green	100s	Hard Pack	M	19.0	0.31	1.65	5.52	0.01
42	PM	Parliament Blue	King	Hard Pack	NM	19.1	0.59	3.11	5.47	0.02
43	PM	Virginia Slims Gold	Slim	Hard Pack	NM	18.8	0.62	3.27	5.50	0.02
44	PM	Basic Gold	100s	Soft Pack	NM	17.3	0.44	2.54	5.42	0.01
45	PM	Basic Gold	100s	Hard Pack	NM	16.6	0.44	2.65	5.50	0.01
46	PM	Basic Green	100s	Hard Pack	M	16.5	0.41	2.49	5.54	0.01
47	PM	Basic Blue	100s	Hard Pack	NM	16.2	0.60	3.70	5.51	0.02
48	Lorillard	Newport Green	100s	Hard Pack	M	18.4	0.34	1.83	5.41	0.02
49	Lorillard	Maverick Gold	100s	Hard Pack	NM	16.9	0.52	3.10	5.51	0.02
50	Commonwealth	USA Gold	100s	Soft Pack	NM	18.8	0.36	1.91	5.32	0.01
51	1R5F	University of Kentucky	N/A	Soft Pack	NM	16.3	0.47	2.91	5.15 f	0.01
52	3R4F	University of Kentucky	N/A	Soft Pack	NM	19.0	0.54	2.84	5.46	0.06
53	CM6	CORESTA	N/A	Hard Pack	NM	18.7	0.54	2.89	5.21 f	0.00

Product Number	Tobacco Type	Source	Curing Process	Package	Flavor	Nicotine (mg/g) i			pH j
						Mean	SD	CV (%)	Mean	SD
54	Flue-cured g	Murty Pharm., Inc. h	Flue-cured	N/A	NM	28.2	0.06	0.22	5.33	0.01
55	Burley g	Murty Pharm., Inc. h	Air-cured	N/A	NM	11.4	0.10	0.86	6.11	0.05
56	Oriental g	Murty Pharm., Inc. h	Sun-cured	N/A	NM	10.5	0.18	1.75	5.32	0.03
57	Reconstituted	Murty Pharm., Inc. h	Flue-cured/burley	N/A	NM	8.26	0.18	2.16	5.19	0.01

Note.

^aManufacturer: Santa Fe, Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company; RJR, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; PM, Phillip Morris; Commonwealth, Commonwealth Brands

^bFlavor: NM, Non-Mentholated; M, Mentholated

^cSD, standard deviation

^dCV, coefficient of variation

^eLG, Luxury Gold

^fN = 2

^gN. tabacum experimental cigarettes: Flue-cured, Flue-cured or Bright (Virginia); Oriental, Oriental or Turkish

^hMurty Pharm., Inc., Murty Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

ⁱN = 3

^jN = 2