Surveillance of Nicotine and pH in Cigarette and Cigar Filler

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• Alternative Title:
  Tob Regul Sci
• Personal Author:
  Lawler, Tameka S. ; Stanfill, Stephen B. ; deCastro, B. Rey ; Lisko, Joseph G. ; Duncan, Bryce W. ; Richter, Patricia ; Watson, Clifford H.
• Description:
  Objective
  
  We examined differences between nicotine concentrations and pH in cigarette and cigar tobacco filler.
  
  Methods
  
  Nicotine and pH levels for 50 cigarette and 75 cigar brands were measured. Non-mentholated and mentholated cigarette products were included in the analysis along with several cigar types as identified by the manufacturer: large cigars, pipe tobacco cigars, cigarillos, mini cigarillos, and little cigars.
  
  Results
  
  There were significant differences found between pH and nicotine for cigarette and cigar tobacco products. Mean nicotine concentrations in cigarettes (19.2 mg/g) and large cigars (15.4 mg/g) were higher than the other cigars types, especially the pipe tobacco cigars (8.79 mg/g). The mean pH for cigarettes was pH 5.46. Large cigars had the highest mean pH value (pH 6.10) and pipe tobacco cigars had the lowest (pH 5.05).
  
  Conclusions
  
  Although cigarettes are the most common combustible tobacco product used worldwide, cigar use remains popular. Our research provides a means to investigate the possibility of distinguishing the 2 tobacco product types and offers information on nicotine and pH across a wide range of cigarette and cigar varieties that may be beneficial to help establish tobacco policies and regulations across product types.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Administration, Inhalation Humans Hydrogen-Ion Concentration Mouth Mucosa Nicotiana Nicotine/analysis Plants, Toxic Smoke/analysis Smoking Tobacco Products
• Source:
  Tob Regul Sci. 3(Suppl 1):101-116.
• Pubmed ID:
  28989950
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5628511
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
• Volume:
  3
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:819965a948a06cef49475296c39df6c6b16b741f027a7ab6405613b4489d0adb
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/49629/cdc_49629_DS1.pdf
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