Table 5.
Percentage of R-alkaloids found in individual tobacco types, cigarette and cigar filler, and smokeless reference products (n = 3).
| Sample | Type | Nicotine |
Nornicotine |
Anatabine |
Anabasine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R/total |
R/total |
R/total |
R/total |
||
| % | % | % | % | ||
| Tobacco leaf | RT2 (flue cured) | 0.10 | 33.22 | 15.13 | 37.74 |
| RT3 (oriental) | 0.38 | 14.94 | 15.72 | 41.97 | |
| RT4 (Burley) | 0.07 | 32.41 | 13.84 | 37.58 | |
| RTDAC (dark air) | 0.06 | 48.75 | 13.28 | 40.05 | |
| RTDFC (dark fire) | 0.40 | 40.14 | 13.42 | 40.76 | |
| Filler | RT6 (cigar filler) | 0.27 | 16.24 | 13.43 | 38.67 |
| RT1 (1R6F filler) | 0.13 | 30.32 | 14.65 | 38.60 | |
| Smokeless tobacco | CRP1.1 (Snus) | 0.32 | 31.42 | 15.57 | 42.75 |
| CRP2.1 (Moist Snuff) | 0.40 | 25.97 | 15.08 | 41.99 | |
| CRP3.1 (Dry Snuff) | 0.44 | 25.91 | 14.37 | 39.68 | |
| CRP4.1 (Loose- leaf Chewing) | 0.21 | 17.53 | 13.72 | 41.19 |