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Table 2 Ammonia levels in tobacco filler extracted from commercially marketed cigarette brands in Japan (n = 5)

From: Spectrophotometric determination of ammonia levels in tobacco fillers of and sidestream smoke from different cigarette brands in Japan

Cigarette brands

NH3 (mg/g)

Mean ± SD

(a) Japan Tobacco Inc.

 MEVIUS ONE 100’s Box

0.77 ± 0.03

 MEVIUS EXTRA LIGHTS

1.03 ± 0.03

 MEVIUS SUPER LIGHTS

0.83 ± 0.06

 MEVIUS LIGHTS

1.02 ± 0.04

 MEVIUS ORIGINAL

0.86 ± 0.02

 Seven Stars

0.45 ± 0.03

 WAKABA

0.50 ± 0.02

 echo

0.55 ± 0.04

 CASTER One 100’s Box

1.04 ± 0.04

 CASTER Mild

0.63 ± 0.04

 CABIN MILD Box

1.40 ± 0.05

(b) NATURAL AMERICAN SPIRIT

 AS REGULAR Box

0.29 ± 0.02

 AS LIGHT

0.22 ± 0.03

 AS ORGANIC

0.34 ± 0.03

 AS PERIQUE BOX

0.47 ± 0.01

 AS ULTRA LIGHT

0.34 ± 0.02

 AS MENTHOL LIGHT

0.24 ± 0.02

 AS MENTHOL ULTRA LIGHT

0.27 ± 0.03

 AS MENTHOL ONE

0.28 ± 0.03

(c) BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO

 

 KENT 1 100’s Box

1.38 ± 0.03

 KENT iBoost 5 100’s Box

0.87 ± 0.04

 KOOL MILDS Box

1.25 ± 0.07

 KOOL NATURAL 8 Box

1.10 ± 0.03

 CAPRI CHARCOAL SUPER SLIMS

0.89 ± 0.04

 PALLMALL FK Box

1.38 ± 0.07

 Lucky strike Box

1.02 ± 0.06

 Lucky strike Light Box

1.01 ± 0.05

(d) PHILIP MORRIS

 Marlboro Box

1.07 ± 0.03

 Marlboro gold ORIGINAL Box

1.05 ± 0.03

 Marlboro LIGHTS MENTHOL Box

1.38 ± 0.03

 Marlboro BLACK MENTHOL Box

1.45 ± 0.05

 Marlboro ICE BLAST KS Box

1.32 ± 0.04

 LARK MILDS KS Box

1.11 ± 0.06

 LARK 100’s

1.25 ± 0.06

 PARLIAMENT 100’s Box

1.30 ± 0.06