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Roll-Your-Own - Tobacco Specific Nitrosamines

Analysis

 

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.

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Nicotine
Carbon monoxide
Phenolic compounds
Carbonyls
Volatile organic compounds
Aromatic Amines
Pyridine
Quinolene
Styrene

Tobacco specific nitrosamines

Nitrosamines can be found in latex products such as condoms and balloons, and in many foodstuffs, especially beer and fish.  Tobacco Specific Nitrosamines (TSNA) is a form of nitrosamine only found in tobacco and includes the following chemicals:

  • NNN, N-Nitrosonornicotine
    The most abundant tobacco-specific nitrosamine
  • NAB, N-Nitroanabasine
  • NAT, N-Nitroanatabine
  • NNK, 4-(N-nitrosomethylamino) – 1 – (3-pyridy) – 1-butanone
Hydrogen cyanide
Ammonia
Nitric oxide
B[a]P
Metals
pH

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