Table 3.
Mean values of total moisture, total nicotine, pH, and unprotonated nicotine using either 10 mL or 20 mL of water for each domestic oral tobacco product type.
| Tobacco Type | Number of brands | Total moisture (%) |
Total nicotine (mg/g, wet) |
pH | Unprotonated Nicotine (mg/g, wet) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean | ||||
| 10 mL | 20 mL | 10 mL | 20 mL | ||||
| Dry snuff | 5 | 6.52 | 17.6 | 5.86 | 5.99 | 0.13 | 0.18 |
| Loose leaf | 3 | 21.9 | 6.29 | 5.74 | 5.82 | 0.04 | 0.04 |
| Twist | 3 | 15.0 | 30.6 | 5.34 | 5.39 | 0.10 | 0.11 |
| Plug | 4 | 18.3 | 8.68 | 5.48 | 5.55 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
| Dry snuff (pouch) | 4 | 6.18 | 11.7 | 6.94 | 6.98 | 1.08 | 1.14 |
| Snus | 3 | 25.9 | 10.1 | 7.64 | 7.64 | 2.97 | 3.01 |