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Published in final edited form as: Food Chem Toxicol. 2013 Mar 19;57:380–386. doi: 10.1016/j.fct.2013.03.011

Table 4.

Levels of pH, total nicotine (mg/g), and unprotonated nicotine (%, mg/g) found in two flavors (Wintergreen (WG) and Mint) of Skoal Bandits before (August 2004) and following brand repackaging (December 2006).

Smokeless brand	Purchase Date	pH	Total nicotine (mg/g, wet)	Unprotonated Nicotine (%)	Unprotonated Nicotine (mg/g, wet)
Smokeless brand	Purchase Date	(Mean ± SD)	(Mean ± SD)	Unprotonated Nicotine (%)	Unprotonated Nicotine (mg/g, wet)
Skoal Bandits Wintergreen¹	January 1999	6.85 ± 0.07	7.11 ± 0.22	6.40	0.45
Skoal Bandits Wintergreen²	August 2004	6.84 ± 0.00	6.23 ± 0.09	6.20	0.39
Skoal Bandits Wintergreen²	December 2006	7.66 ± 0.00	12.55 ± 0.17	30.3	3.81³
Skoal Bandits Mint²	August 2004	6.72 ± 0.00	7.64 ± 0.10	4.80	0.37
Skoal Bandits Mint²	December 2006	7.82 ± 0.03	12.38 ± 0.14	38.6	4.77⁴

Data taken from: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 48:398–401. Mint Skoal Bandit and Copenhagen snuff data was triplicate measurements of packages purchased from four locations in Florida (n=12) between January–February 1999.

Nicotine and pH data were for triplicate measurements from a single package.

The weight of a Wintergreen (WG) Skoal Bandits pouch as 0.65 g (triplicate). When unprotonated nicotine is expressed on a per pouch basis, the amount of unprotonated nicotine per pouch for Mint Skoal Bandits is approximately 3.10 mg/pouch.

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The weight of a Mint Skoal Bandits pouch as 0.65 g (triplicate). When unprotonated nicotine is expressed on a per pouch basis, the amount of unprotonated nicotine per pouch for Mint Skoal Bandits is approximately 2.47 mg/pouch.