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Roll-Your-Own - Nicotine
This tobacco product is becoming increasingly popular, especially among smokers who enjoy the experience of building their own cigarettes. This range of tests analyses the constituents of smoke created when a roll your own cigarette is ignited. The tests use the standard methodology established in the recently published ISO standards.
| Tar |
Nicotine In low concentrations, the substance acts as a stimulant in mammals. Nicotine is named after the tobacco plant Nicotiana tabacum, named after Jean Nicot de Villemain, the French ambassador in Portugal in 1560. He promoted the tobacco plant's medicinal use. Nicotine was first isolated from the tobacco plant in 1828 by German chemists Posselt and Reimann. |
| Carbon monoxide |
| Phenolic compounds |
| Carbonyls |
| Volatile organic compounds |
| Aromatic Amines |
| Pyridine |
| Quinolene |
| Styrene |
| Tobacco specific nitrosamines |
| Hydrogen cyanide |
| Ammonia |
| Nitric oxide |
| B[a]P |
| Metals |
| pH |
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