Experimental Survey

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Logo Sheet 1298.01

Tobacco Product: Brand X Roll Your Own Tobacco
All tobacco products contain chemicals.

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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

&

amount per
gram of
tobacco

&

Cadmium

TOBACCO

The information is not currently
available

Amount per
cigarette
Per Cigarette CHEMICAL

SMOKE

Not Detected

FOUND IN

SMOKE

amount per
cigarette

n
n

n
n

n

SMOKE

TOBACCO

n

n
n

n

n

FOUND IN

SMOKE

amount per
cigarette

Where do these chemicals
come from?
per gram

per
cigarette

FOUND IN

SMOKE

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

There are many other chemicals that have been linked to
the health problems on this list. The information on these
chemicals is not currently available.

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

&

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