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Logo Sheet 1298.01
Tobacco Product: Brand X Roll Your Own Tobacco
All tobacco products contain chemicals.
KEY
The purpose of this list is to provide information about the chemicals in this tobacco product
Chemicals have been linked to:
that researchers have linked to health problems. Research is on going to find out which chemicals
in tobacco and tobacco smoke cause harm.
Cancer
Lung Disease
There may be other health problems and chemicals that have not been discovered yet.
Heart and Blood Vessel Problems
Tobacco companies test their tobacco for these chemicals and report the amounts to the FDA.
TOBACCO
Please note: There is no safe tobacco product. Based on what we currently know, you can not
Reproductive Problems
tell your chance of developing a health problem by the number of chemicals or the amount of a
chemical in a tobacco product.
Addiction
per gram
ND
SMOKE
TOBACCO
F
Amount
per gram
Per Gram
per gram
n
40 - 120 ng
Ammonia
F
FP L A N TArsenic
41 - 62ng
F
0.1 – 1.6 µg
F
4-(Methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK)
F
Nicotine
F
N-Nitrosonornicotine (NNN)
170 - 370 mg
FOUND IN
per
cigarette
11.3 – 26.7 mg
0.9 – 6.9 µg
PLANT
FOUND IN
&
&
amount per
gram of
tobacco
Cadmium
FOUND IN
SMOKE
amount per
cigarette
n
n
n
n
n
Amount
Per Gram
n
n
n
n
n
amount per
cigarette
F
Acetamide
n
F
F
Acetone
n
F
F
Acrolein
n
F
Acrylamide
n
F
Acrylonitrile
n
Aflatoxin B1
n
F
4-Aminobiphenyl
n
F
1-Aminonaphthalene
n
n
n
n
mg= milligram
µg = microgram
ng = nanogram
pg= picogram
n
n
F
2-Aminonaphthalene
F
Anabasine
F
F
o-Anisidine
n
F
A-α-C (2-Amino-9H-pyrido[2,3-b]indole)
n
F
Benz[a]anthracene
n
F
Benz[j]aceanthrylene
n
F
F
Benzene
n
n
F
F
Benzo[b]fluoranthene
n
n
F
Benzo[k]fluoranthene
n
n
F
Benzo[b]furan
n
F
Benzo[a]pyrene
n
F
Benzo[c]phenanthrene
n
F
Beryllium
n
F
1,3-Butadiene
n
F
Caffeic acid
n
F
Carbon monoxide
F
Catechol
n
F
Chlorinated dioxins/furans
n
F
F
Chromium
n
F
F
Chrysene
n
n
F
F
Cobalt
n
n
F
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
Coumarin (banned in food)
F
F
F
Cresols (o-, m-, and p-cresol)
n
F
F
Crotonaldehyde
n
F
Cyclopenta[c,d]pyrene
n
FOUND IN
PLANT
amount per
gram of
tobacco
F
F
FOUND IN
per
cigarette
n
F
per
cigarette
amount per
gram of
tobacco
FOUND IN
Acetaldehyde
F
per gram
SMOKE
F
F
Where do these chemicals
come from?
P L Afrom
NT
Many of these chemicals come
the tobacco leaf and the smoke.
The rest come from the filter, glue, ink,
paper and additives.
Amount
Per Cigarette CHEMICAL
F
SMOKE
TOBACCO
The information is not
available on the following chemicals.
S M Ocurrently
KE
amount per
gram of
tobacco
TOBACCO
The information is not currently
available
Amount per
cigarette
Per Cigarette CHEMICAL
SMOKE
Not Detected
n
A machine is used to test for these chemicals. The amount of chemical that gets into the body may be
higher or lower depending on how a person uses the tobacco product. Companies may use different tests to
measure these chemicals. Results may vary.
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FOUND IN
SMOKE
amount per
cigarette
&
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Logo Sheet 1298.01
TOBACCO
Tobacco Product: Brand X Roll Your Own Tobacco
per gram
KEY
SMOKE
TOBACCO
Chemicals have been linked to:
Cancer
Amount
per gram
Per Gram
Amount per
cigarette
Per Cigarette
CHEMICAL
Lung Disease
Dibenz[a,h]anthracene
F
FOUND IN
SMOKE
FP L A N TDibenzo[a,e]pyrene
amount per
gram of
SMOKE
Dibenzo[a,h]pyrene
tobacco
F
&
FOUND IN
amount per
cigarette
n
n
Dibenzo[a,i]pyrene
F
Dibenzo[a,l]pyrene
n
F
F
2,6-Dimethylaniline
n
F
PLANT
amount per
F
gram of
F
Ethyl carbamate (urethane)
n
FOUND IN
tobacco
&
F
FOUND IN
SEthylbenzene
MOKE
amount per
cigarette
Reproductive Problems
n
F
per
cigarette
Heart and Blood Vessel Problems
n
Addiction
n
n
F
Ethylene oxide
n
n
F
Formaldehyde
n
n
F
Furan
n
F
Glu-P-1 (2-Amino-6-methyldipyrido[1,2-a:3',2'-d ]
imidazole)
n
F
Glu-P-2 (2-Aminodipyrido[1,2-a:3',2'-d]imidazole)
n
F
F
Hydrazine
n
F
F
Hydrogen cyanide
F
Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene
n
F
IQ (2-Amino-3-methylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoline)
n
F
Isoprene
n
F
Lead
n
F
MeA-α-C (2-Amino-3-methyl)-9H-pyrido[2,3-b]indole)
n
F
Mercury
n
F
Methyl ethyl ketone
F
F
5-Methylchrysene
n
F
F
Naphthalene
n
n
F
F
Nickel
n
n
F
Nitrobenzene
n
n
F
Nitromethane
n
F
2-Nitropropane
n
F
F
N-Nitrosodiethanolamine (NDELA)
n
F
F
N-Nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA)
n
F
F
N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA)
n
F
F
N-Nitrosomethylethylamine
n
N-Nitrosomorpholine (NMOR)
n
F
F
F
F
N-Nitrosopiperidine (NPIP)
n
F
F
N-Nitrosopyrrolidine (NPYR)
n
F
N-Nitrososarcosine (NSAR)
n
F
Nornicotine
TOBACCO
The information is not currently
per gram
SMOKE
TOBACCO
n
n
Where do these chemicals
come from?
per gram
per
cigarette
FOUND IN
SMOKE
n
P L Afrom
NT
Many of these chemicals come
the tobacco leaf and the smoke.
The rest come from the filter, glue, ink,
paper and additives.
amount per
gram of
tobacco
n
n
per
cigarette
n
F
FOUND IN
PLANT
amount per
gram of
tobacco
mg= milligram
µg = microgram
ng = nanogram
pg= picogram
n
n
n
n
n
n
F
Phenol
F
PhIP (2-Amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo [4,5-b]
pyridine)
n
F
F
Polonium-210
n
F
F
Propionaldehyde
F
F
Propylene oxide
n
F
F
Quinoline
n
F
F
Selenium
F
F
Styrene
n
F
F
2-Toluidine
n
F
F
Toluene
F
Trp-P-1 (3-Amino-1,4-dimethyl-5H-pyrido[4,3-b]indole)
n
F
Trp-P-2 (1-Methyl-3-amino-5H-pyrido[4,3-b]indole )
n
F
Uranium-235
n
n
F
Uranium-238
n
n
F
Vinyl acetate
n
n
F
Vinyl chloride
n
F
F
Not Detected
available
n
F
F
ND
n
n
n
n
n
A machine is used to test for these chemicals. The amount of chemical that gets into the body may be
higher or lower depending on how a person uses the tobacco product. Companies may use different tests to
measure these chemicals. Results may vary.
&
FOUND IN
SMOKE
amount per
cigarette
&
S
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