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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
P LµgA N TAcrolein
60 – 240
3 - 15 µg
per
cigarette
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Acrylonitrile
n
FOUND IN
SMOKE
amount per
cigarette
n
n
3 - 4 ng
1-Aminonaphthalene
n
ND
2-Aminonaphthalene
n
170 - 370 mg
10 - 130 µg
PLANT
per
40 - 120 ng amount
F
gram of
FOUND IN
tobacco
amount per
gram of
tobacco
4-Aminobiphenyl
ND
&
Where do these chemicals
come from?
per gram
n
n
Benzene
n
n
n
Benzo[a]pyrene
n
F
1,3-Butadiene
n
n
n
F
Cadmium
n
n
n
12 - 50 µg
F
8.5 – 17.6 ng
Carbon monoxide
F
10 - 20 µg
Crotonaldehyde
n
F
10.3 -25 µg
Formaldehyde
n
450 - 1000 µg
Isoprene
n
0.1 – 1.6 µg
110 - 133 ng
4-(Methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK)
n
11.3 – 26.7 mg
0.1-3.0 mg
Nicotine
0.9 – 6.9 µg
154 - 196 ng
N-Nitrosonornicotine (NNN)
F
ND
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
Toluene
n
The information is not currently available on the following chemicals.
F
Amount
Per Cigarette CHEMICAL
n
F
Acetamide
F
Acetone
F
Acrylamide
n
Aflatoxin B1
n
n
n
F
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
Benzo[b]fluoranthene
n
n
F
Benzo[k]fluoranthene
n
n
F
Benzo[b]furan
n
F
Benzo[c]phenanthrene
n
F
F
Beryllium
n
F
F
Caffeic acid
n
F
F
Catechol
n
F
Chlorinated dioxins/furans
n
F
F
Chromium
n
F
F
Chrysene
n
n
F
F
Cobalt
n
n
F
F
F
FOUND IN
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
14 - 23 mg
per
cigarette
SMOKE
n
amount per
cigarette
SMOKE
TOBACCO
n
n
Ammonia
FOUND IN
n
S Arsenic
MOKE
F
Amount
Per Gram
per gram
n
FOUND IN
S M OFK E
41 - 62 ng
TOBACCO
The information is not currently
available
Amount per
cigarette
Per Cigarette
CHEMICAL
770 - 864 µg
Not Detected
n
n
n
n
Coumarin (banned in food)
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
&
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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
F
Cresols (o-, m-, and p-cresol)
F
TCyclopenta[c,d]pyrene
FP L A N
amount per
gram of
SMOKE
tobacco
amount per
Dibenz[a,h]anthracene
F
cigarette
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
FOUND IN
SMOKE
per
cigarette
FOUND IN
PLANT
F
Lung Disease
amount per
gram of
tobacco
&
F
&
FOUND IN
FOUND IN
S 2,6-Dimethylaniline
MOKE
amount per
cigarette
n
n
Reproductive Problems
Addiction
n
F
Ethyl carbamate (urethane)
n
F
Ethylbenzene
n
F
Ethylene oxide
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
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
F
F
Naphthalene
n
n
F
F
Nickel
n
n
F
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
F
n
N-Nitrosopiperidine (NPIP)
n
F
F
N-Nitrosopyrrolidine (NPYR)
n
F
N-Nitrososarcosine (NSAR)
n
F
Nornicotine
Not Detected
TOBACCO
The information is not currently
available
n
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
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
n
n
F
F
Heart and Blood Vessel Problems
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
&
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