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Logo Sheet 1298.01
Tobacco Product: Brand X Cigarette
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.
Tobacco companies test their cigarettes for these chemicals and report the amounts to the FDA.
Heart and Blood Vessel Problems
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
TOBACCO
per gram
SMOKE
TOBACCO
ND
F
Amount
per gram
Per Gram
n
Acetaldehyde
n
FP L A N TAcetamide
F
F
F
60 – 240 µg
per
cigarette
PLANT
amount per
gram of
tobacco
amount per
gram of
tobacco
&
Acetone
FOUND IN
SMOKE
n
n
Acrolein
Acrylamide
n
3 - 15 µg
Acrylonitrile
n
Aflatoxin B1
n
&
ND
FOUND IN
S 4-Aminobiphenyl
MOKE
amount per
cigarette
n
Where do these chemicals
come from?
per gram
n
1-Aminonaphthalene
n
ND
2-Aminonaphthalene
n
amount per
gram of
tobacco
per
cigarette
n
10 - 130 µg
Ammonia
F
F
Anabasine
F
F
o-Anisidine
n
40 - 120 ng
F
Arsenic
n
F
A-α-C (2-Amino-9H-pyrido[2,3-b]indole)
n
F
Benz[a]anthracene
n
F
Benz[j]aceanthrylene
n
Benzene
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
12 - 50 µg
F
F
Benzo[b]fluoranthene
n
n
F
Benzo[k]fluoranthene
n
n
F
Benzo[b]furan
n
8.5 – 17.6 ng
Benzo[a]pyrene
n
F
Benzo[c]phenanthrene
n
F
Beryllium
n
F
1,3-Butadiene
n
n
n
41 - 62 ng
F
Cadmium
n
n
n
F
F
Caffeic acid
n
n
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
Coumarin (banned in food)
F
F
F
Cresols (o-, m-, and p-cresol)
n
F
ND
Crotonaldehyde
n
F
Cyclopenta[c,d]pyrene
n
F
Dibenz[a,h]anthracene
n
F
Dibenzo[a,e]pyrene
n
F
Dibenzo[a,h]pyrene
n
F
Dibenzo[a,i]pyrene
n
F
Dibenzo[a,l]pyrene
n
F
F
2,6-Dimethylaniline
n
F
F
Ethyl carbamate (urethane)
n
F
F
Ethylbenzene
n
FOUND IN
PLANT
amount per
gram of
tobacco
F
14 - 23 mg
FOUND IN
SMOKE
170 - 370 mg
F
per
cigarette
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.
n
3 - 4 ng
SMOKE
TOBACCO
n
amount per
cigarette
F
FOUND IN
F
per gram
n
FOUND IN
SMOKE
F
TOBACCO
The information is not currently
available
Amount per
cigarette
Per Cigarette
CHEMICAL
770 - 864 µg
Not Detected
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.
mg= milligram
µg = microgram
ng = nanogram
pg= picogram
&
FOUND IN
SMOKE
amount per
cigarette
&
S
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Logo Sheet 1298.01
TOBACCO
Tobacco Product: Brand X Cigarette
per gram
KEY
SMOKE
TOBACCO
Chemicals have been linked to:
Cancer
Amount
per gram
Per Gram
Amount per
cigarette
Per Cigarette
CHEMICAL
Lung Disease
Ethylene oxide
F
FOUND IN
S M OFK E
10.3 -25
P LµgA N TFormaldehyde
F
FOUND IN
tobacco
Furan
&
FOUND IN
SMOKE
amount per
cigarette
n
n
n
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
Hydrazine
n
&
F
Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene
n
F
IQ (2-Amino-3-methylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoline)
n
Isoprene
n
F
Lead
n
F
MeA-α-C (2-Amino-3-methyl)-9H-pyrido[2,3-b]indole)
n
F
F
Mercury
n
F
F
Methyl ethyl ketone
F
5-Methylchrysene
n
4-(Methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK)
n
F
Reproductive Problems
n
n
S Hydrogen
M O K E cyanide
F
450 - 1000 µg
n
F
Naphthalene
n
n
F
F
Nickel
n
n
11.3 – 26.7 mg
0.1-3.0 mg
ND
F
Nitrobenzene
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
per gram
n
F
F
N-Nitrosopiperidine (NPIP)
n
F
F
N-Nitrosopyrrolidine (NPYR)
n
F
N-Nitrososarcosine (NSAR)
n
F
Nornicotine
per
cigarette
FOUND IN
SMOKE
n
N-Nitrosonornicotine (NNN)
SMOKE
TOBACCO
Where do these chemicals
come from?
Nicotine
154 - 196 ng
TOBACCO
The information is not currently
per gram
n
0.9 – 6.9 µg
Not Detected
n
n
F
n
n
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
per
cigarette
FOUND IN
PLANT
amount per
gram of
tobacco
mg= milligram
µg = microgram
ng = nanogram
pg= picogram
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
ND
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
ND
available
110 - 133 ng
F
n
F
0.1 – 1.6 µg
F
Heart and Blood Vessel Problems
Addiction
FOUND IN
amount per
cigarette
n
n
F
per
cigarette
F
PLANT
amount per
F
gram of
amount per
gram of
tobacco
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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| File Modified | 2012-05-02 |
| File Created | 2012-05-02 |