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Table 9.2 The ranges of nicotine, nitrate, and preformed TSNA concentrations in tobacco from commercial cigarettes with a wide range of
FTC nicotine and ‘tar’ yields. International comparison
Country Cigarette type F/NF a NO 3 − (mg/cigt.) Nicotine (mg/g) NNN (ng/cigt.) NNK (ng/cigt.) Reference
Germany Blend F 2.2−7.8 n.a. b 400−1390 100−410 Tricker et al. 1991
(n = 20) Blend NF 5.4 −12.3 n.a. 660−2670 270−500
Dark NF 14.2−20.6 n.a. 4500−5340 800−960
Germany Oriental 0.6−2.7 n.a. 45−432 n.d.−177 Fisher et al. 1989a
(n = 55) Virginia 0.7−3.3 n.a. 133−330 170−580
American blend 1.8−5.4 n.a. 500−2534 160−696
Dark 10.9−14.4 n.a. 3660−5316 370−1120
Canada Ultra-low yield (V) 0.3−3.2 11.2−14.4 § 288−982 447−785 Fisher et al. 1990a
(n = 25) Low yield (V) 0.4−0.6 12.4−16.7 § 292−527 510−884 Kozlowski et al. 1998 §
Moderate yield (V) 0.4−0.8 11.9−15.6 § 337−407 585−705
High yield (V) 0.3−1.0 8.0−18.3 § 259−381 495−663
U.S. Ultra-low yield (AB) 13.6−14.0 17.6−17.9 1750−1980 500−580 Djordjevic et al. 1990
(n = 13) Low yield (AB) 9.0−12.3 17.9 1900−3050 490−800 Djordjevic et al. 2000c
Moderate yield (AB) 7.8−15.9 16.9 1780−2890 420−920
High Yield (AB) 11.7 17.9 1290 770
Japan Low yield 5.7−13.1 11.4−18.6 810−1110 190−330 Djordjevic et al. 2000c
(n = 6) Medium yield 3.7−7.5 16.1−24.3 360−1040 200−320 Fukumoto et al. 1997
(n = 17/nic) High Yield n.a. 17.7−23.5 n.a. n.a.
a Abbreviations: F, filtered cigarettes; NF, non-filtered cigarettes; V, Virginia type cigarettes; AB, American blend cigarettes.
b n.a.: not available.