Table 4.
Smokeless brand | Purchase Date | pH | Total nicotine (mg/g, wet) |
Unprotonated Nicotine (%) |
Unprotonated Nicotine (mg/g, wet) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
(Mean ± SD) | (Mean ± SD) | ||||
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.
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.