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Cigar Testing - Ammonia

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As legislation solidifies for cigarettes, cigars are becoming the next focus area for regulators. Brazil is pioneering this new legislative trend and this range covers the testing data required by regulators. Many of the mainstream and sidestream smoke measurements can also be applied to cigars.

This range of tests provides data for the following constituents of processed tobacco. Click on each substance tested for further information and interesting facts.

Nicotine
Alkaloids

Ammonia

Joseph Priestly first isolated gaseous ammonia in 1774 which he called ‘alkaline air’. In 1785, Claude Louis Berthollet determined its composition.

pH, moisture & density
Tobacco specific nitrosamines
Metals
Nitrate
B[a]P
Humectants
Triacetin
Sodium propionate
Sorbic acid
Menthol
Eugenol

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