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. 2022 Mar 2;8:10. doi: 10.18332/tpc/145501

Table 3.

Number of notifications of priority additivesa in cigarettes and RYO in EU-CEG from 22 June 2016 to 21 October 2019 by country

Priority additive Frequency of notifications (n) for cigarettes per country
BE CZ DK ES FR GR IT LT LV MT NL SI Total
Carob-bean 794 1073 516 1469 1080 773 1163 328 338 361 819 713 9427
Cocoa 1396 2097 988 3062 1833 618 2369 499 510 599 1569 1449 16989
Diacetyl 13 42 0 27 26 0 28 2 0 0 0 38 176
Fenugreek 187 382 246 348 472 334 664 166 201 54 222 322 3598
Fig-extract 274 342 170 522 246 0 398 50 52 121 331 268 2774
Geraniol 250 360 188 360 332 129 296 74 79 128 298 180 2674
Glycerol 887 1378 529 2106 1321 0 1510 363 363 378 921 751 10507
Guaiacol 76 186 103 189 130 0 242 82 94 34 110 171 1417
Guar-gum 1293 1848 767 3041 1863 0 1929 344 368 581 1359 1200 14593
Liquorice 593 991 348 1389 835 0 808 273 254 226 637 681 7035
Maltol 504 762 281 1199 716 0 957 141 139 181 508 503 5891
Menthol 137 469 304 728 569 84 366 189 157 73 340 228 3644
Propylene glycol 828 1440 467 2041 1380 0 1524 357 357 327 897 913 10531
Sorbitol 44 206 51 289 149 0 236 68 62 17 75 62 1259
Titanium dioxide 2156 2639 1601 4881 3047 519 2901 710 752 893 2071 1677 23847
Total 9432 14215 6559 21651 13999 2457 15391 3646 3726 3973 10157 9156 114362
Priority additive Frequency of notifications (n) for RYO per country
BE CZ DK ES FR GR IT LT LV MT NL SI Total
Carob-bean 36 4 11 20 15 5 4 1 3 2 33 2 136
Cocoa 113 61 34 95 92 39 63 12 25 33 80 34 681
Diacetyl 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Fenugreek 63 11 13 43 32 24 22 5 11 8 49 9 290
Fig-extract 41 11 13 45 44 0 32 4 6 18 39 12 265
Geraniol 2 1 0 4 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 14
Glycerol 187 87 51 172 132 0 79 22 35 32 144 39 980
Guaiacol 7 3 4 6 3 0 7 4 6 6 7 0 53
Guar-gum 3 0 0 3 2 0 6 0 0 3 0 0 17
Liquorice 55 25 17 38 48 0 32 5 6 5 28 6 265
Maltol 36 7 3 50 14 0 20 8 9 19 8 10 184
Menthol 10 4 0 6 2 1 4 1 3 2 5 0 38
Propylene glycol 302 126 76 310 203 0 136 33 54 78 209 77 1604
Sorbitol 35 21 4 17 9 0 13 7 6 9 16 0 137
Titanium dioxide 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 890 361 226 809 596 69 422 103 167 215 618 189 4665
a

From summary of listed CAS numbers corresponding to a priority additive.