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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 2.
Published in final edited form as: Mutagenesis. 2010 Oct 27;26(2):273–281. doi: 10.1093/mutage/geq083

Table I.

Tar and nicotine concentrations in 11 CSCs

No. CSC Tar (mg/cigarette) Nicotine (mg/cigarette) Tar (mg/ml) Nicotine (mg/ml) Descriptiona
1 2R4F 8.9 0.75 20 0.91 2R4F Kentucky Reference cigarette
2 LT 10.0 0.8 20 1.15 Commercial US light non-menthol brand cigarette
3 LTMAS 21.7 1.6 20 1.16 Commercial US light non-menthol brand cigarette
4 FF 16.0 0.9 20 0.98 Commercial US full-flavour non-menthol brand cigarette
5 LIP 10.0 0.9 20 1.16 Commercial US light low ignition propensity non-menthol brand cigarette
6 LVB 10.0 1.0 20 0.98 Commercial US light Virginia blend non-menthol brand cigarette
7 LCF 12.0 1.0 20 1.15 Commercial US light charcoal filtered non-menthol brand cigarette
8 BUR 23.3 7.5 20 2.33 Experimental 100% burley tobacco cigarette
9 BRI 34.6 5.0 20 2.34 Experimental 100% flue-cured tobacco cigarette
10 REC 11.8 0.8 20 0.64 Experimental 100% paper reconstituted tobacco cigarette
11 UL 5.0 0.5 20 1.01 Commercial US ultra light non-menthol brand cigarette
a

While No. 3 of LTMAS was smoked under Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) conditions, all others were generated under ISO conditions. LT and LTMAS were generated from the same commercial US light non-menthol cigarette.