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PDC/B'I"H/46 H 17th June 1987 PROJECT ALPHA - CAPR! STUOY SIDESTREAH BRAND SURVEY SUIqMARY Due to the interest in the brown & ~llias~son product Capri a sldestream brand analysis survey has been unde~aken on the sidestream yields from a variety of United States Domestic products. The data in the memo shows that Capri has the lowest sldestree PI4VHF delivery of all the U.S. Domestic brands currently tested. -l- IVM? B AT I L'.~. and F.~ml Lmmed. "l'hms rL'~Vt must na¢ be cnp~'d or s,~ov.-n co unauthons~ persons. 0 0 ,..0 O~ CIibPDF- WWWmlastio.com

CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 2. FETHODOLOGY 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION a) Stdestream Yields b) Pressure Drop and Ventilation I~asure~nts c) Cigarette Dimensions d) Blend Data e) Rod ;/eights f) Mainstream Deliveries 1 .1 3 3 4 6 7 8 10 CONCLUSIONS 11 RECOMI~[NDATIONS I1 REFF.~EHCES 11 APPENDIX I 12 -it- t 1~¢7 8 A T IU.K. amJ Elik~nm Lee.mJ Th,s n:l::m,t ram| mo¢ be or~x.d o¢ sho~n ¢o u~au|honsed pem~ C~ ClibPDF - www.lastio.com

-1- 1. INTRODUCTION As a result of Interest expressed tn low circumference cigarettes since the launch of Capri on the US Market, a brand survey of ntne United States Domestic Market prodbcts has been undertaken. ]n addition an internal control cigarette and a Virginia product have also been tested. The cigarettes have been subjected to sldestreem analyses using.the Fish-tail system (I). Yainstream, blend and physical measurements have also been done on the cigarettes. The data has been collated in this Technical ~morandum and observations/explanatlons are given where possible on the stdestream perfo~ance of these products. 2. PETHODOLOGY Standard BAT (L1K&E) R&DC analytical methodology has been used throughout this study. The butt length smoked to with all cigarettes was overtip plus 3 am. Stdestream ytelds have been determined on the Fish-tail system as mentioned previously. Differences between puff number exist between the stdestreem and mainstream analyses, this ts because currently automatic butt detection is not available on the Fish-tall system. 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION (a) Stdestream Yfelds Table I 9tves the stdestrea~ yields on the products ranked in order of decreasing sidestream PHWNF yield. Additionally, in Table 1 1die sidestream yields are expressed tn terms of per gram of dry tobacco (or nicotlne) burnt, i.e. taking into account the rod length, density, moisture content and blend nicotine results, see Tables 3 and 4. Igl(7 B A T (L~IK. ~ ~,~qq~| L~mmte4 This RpoeL must era[ t~ ¢~imd or ~'n Io unsuomntmd lxf.,Qns. C:) ",,JO CIibPDF - WWWmfastio.com

-2- TABLE 1 SIOESTREAM YIELDS (I~ASURED AND CALCULATED) Product Name Sidestrem ~Jelds (mg ct9"~) PH~F TNA CO CO2 Calculated 5tdestream Yield mg Per Gram Dry I~terial (Tobacco and Nicotine) Puff No. Pt~t(F Tt{A CO COz m Virginia Slims 30.1 4.09 50.2 39I 10.3 53.3 338 76.0 592 Camel Z9.5 4.34 64.7 447 8.5 48.9 377 91.6 633 8enson & Hedges 29.3 5.30 55.6 428 9.7 46.2 338 75.7 583 Az7g 28.8 5.08 75.9 521 9.4 42.8 328 95.7 657 ~arlboro Lights 28.5 3.91 49.7 387 9.0 51.1 343 76.1 592 Petit 28,3 4.17 50.8 366 8.0 53.5 353 81.7 588 Vantage 28,Z 4.13 !51.0 345 7.4 50.9 362 79.6 540 Barclay Z7.3 4.37 51.4 418 10.0 48.7 35Z 78.9 64Z Parlboro Box ~ ~f 42.4 349 9.0 43.8 296 61.7 508 Dora1 Lights 21.2 2.52 147,8 335 6.8 43,1 327 83.1 583 Capri Z0.3 2.64 143.7 ZZ6 9.3 55.3 326 103.1 627 _J Note: Benson & Hedges ts a BAT (UK&E) Produced Product. A,?.79 is an internal R&DC Virginia Product. In terms of PH~F Capri ts the lowest product tested within this series being 33% below Virginia slims. It would be expected that as the rod weight burnt, decreased (see Table 5) the sidestreazn yie]d wou|d fa]]. This is plotted In graphical format in Figure 1, Clearly with the exception of Ooral Lights and Capri no such trend is apparent. | @ 1~I(7 B A T ,~ I~. ,m4 E~mml I ,re,led l~s rel~.al must alx be cnpi~d ~' ~tm~n ¢o unaulbonsed pemaas. C3 C3 U'I U1 O~ ~0 ClibPDF - www.fastio.com

........ °_ -3- The reason for thts is unclear particularly since other linear trends have been t]lustrated tn the past re|attng sJdestream PH~IF to tobacco rod weight burnt (Z,3). However, these results re]ate to products which had the same blend type Incorporated ~n them, and with a product survey of this nature the blend compos|tton and PPP~F potential of each material ts unknown. To illustrate this point data Is given tn Appendix I which shows the stdestreae Pt41elF potential of lOO~Vtrginta lamtna and 100~ Vtrginta stem. Siml]ar potnts can also be raised on sidestreem carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide deliveries. Examination of stdestream nicotine yields ~s more meaningful because the sidestream nicotine yield can be Influenced by the blend nicotine, this Is illustrated tn Figure 2. In this situation the sJdestream nicotine yteld ~s plotted against the nicotine weight smoked (calculated from the rod weight smoked, the moisture content and the blend nicotine). Regression analysJs of this data provided the following equation: Sidestream ntcottne = 0.333 x ntcotlne weight smoked + 0.08. y = M . X + C where the R2 value was 0.9 and the intercept is not statistJca|ly significantly different to the origin," Thus, the sidestream nicotine yields are explainable within the product survey, being related to the nicottne wetght smoked. Examination of the calculated stdestream ytelds per gram of tobacco burnt In Table 1 shows that for carbon monoxide and PHMIF, Capri has the highest yteld. Alternatively, the greatest PMMIF and carbon monoxide sldestream production efficiency comes from Caprt. This Is not surpr|slng bearing tn mind Capri ts virtually an all lamtna blend with no stem and little reconstituted tobacco (see also Appendix I). However, because of the low rod weight of Capri on a per cigarette basis it is still the lowest sidestream PI41~F yield of the brands surveyed in thts study. 1~117 BAT IUK a~J EL~<)L~rmted Tl'astep, m musl ¢~t i~¢e~Ded ~ shoran m tm,,ml,,e~K,d ~$. 0 0 f,j"l "-,4 0 ClibPDF - www.fastio.com

~oral Lights has a stdestream P}~IF yteld only slightly above that of Capri, this is due to the low rod weight of the sample {Table 5) because of a high level (27.8~L) of expanded tobacco being present in the blend. Slmtlar comments apply to the gas phase results for carbon monoxide and carbon dloxtde. The stdestream nicotine y|eld ts lower tn Doral Ltghts than Capri, thts ts a consequence of both the low tobacco rQd ,eight of Ooral L|ghts and the low blend nicotine level (Table 4) relative to Capri. (b) Pressure Dro) and Ventilation ~asur~ents Table 2 details these results. Essentially the rod pressure drops are similar for the~jorlty of these products but wlth the low circumference cigarettes the rod pressure drops rise as reported previously (2). The paper permeability range covered In this survey will have no effect on the sldestrea~ performance of these products. 0 U~ ~J~ ~D ClibPDF-Wwwmfastio.com

.wSq Samp 1 • Virginia Slims ~nson & Hedges ~79 • rl boro Lights ~rit Vantage Sa rcl ay ~rl)oro Box Ooral li.ght s Caprl TABLE 2 PRESSURE OROP MO VENTILATION MEASUREMENTS Total P.D. (m w.G.) Unbound 111 I17 lZZ 142 12Z 118 150 5Z 110 146 139" Total P.O. (ram W.G.) Bound 17I 125. m I41 147 158 I61 159 II3 251" Rod P.D. C.= w.~.) 74 61 54 51 49 5Z 56 52 48 65 149 ~l'ter PeSo : (m w.G.) 97 64 68 90 98 106 105 107 65 81 %02* Paper ~er~ablllty (c.u.) 33 38 69 51 24 35 44 25 26 Zl Z8 Filter Ventilation 45 10 4O 23 36 11 5Z *Feasured on P.D. tester for small cigars. @ I~X7 B A T , U K. an~ E~l~v~) l~m,~t. ThL$ mpo~ musl nm be ¢~1 or sh~e u= uasu~on~l penonL 0 O U~ U~ PO P~ ClibPDF-Wwwmfastio.com

~6m (c) Cigarette Dimensions Table 3 details the nasults, the majority of products are of King Size dimensions with Marlboro Box being a 79 m length product and Vlrginia Slims and Capri being longer length and lower circumference than the rest. TABLE 3 DIMENSIONS Sample Vi rgi ni a 51 ires Camel Benson & Hedges A279 Verl boro Lights Merit vantage ~rcl ay Marlboro Box Doral Lights Capri Total Rod Length (ram) 98 67 84 64 84 64 84 64 84 57 84 57 84 59 84 57 79 60 84 57 97 70 Tobacco Rod Length (=) Fi I tar Rod Length (~) 31 20 20 ZO 27 27 25 27 19 Z7 Z7 Over-Tipping Length (m) 36 • 25 Z4 24 31 32 3O 32 23 31 32 Clrcumference (mm) 23.17 24.83 25.04 24.72 z4.7i 24.82 16 °83 Rod Length ~oked (~) 57 57 L I 49 51 5O HII7 ILA.T (U.IL and EIportl ~ This report mu~ not be mi~d or slx).m to unnlho~sed ix~ 0 0 ~q ,,D ClibPDF - WWwmfastio.com

-7- (d) BZend Oata Table 4 contains the blend data. ZgnorJng Capri the BAT and Philip ~brrts products al] contain about approximately lOS expanded tobacco whereas the R.J. Reynolds products contain more (~ Z4~ for Camel and Vantage and 28~ for Dora1 Lights). This causes some loss in puff number with these products (Table 6). The sugar chemistry for all products except Benson and Hedges and A279 is typical of U.S. blended style products. Interestingly the two previously mentioned VtrgJnJa products have the highest blend nicotines and highest stdestream nicotine yields (Table Z) of the pr6ducts tested. TABLE 4 BLEND DATA 5a=p I e Virginia Slims Camel Benson & Hedges A279 ~erl bore Lights Hert t Vantage Barclay ~arl boro Box Dora1 Lights Capri Ni cott ne ($ d.w.b.) 2.14 1.90 2.47 2.30 Z.03 2.22 Z.06 2.22 2.07 1.57 2.21 Reducing Sugar's (~, d.w.b.) 9.0 9.8 14.1 17.9 8.4 9.9 g.g 8.9 8.5 9.4 9.1 Total"" Sugars (X d°w.b.) 11.6 10.4 16.0 19.8 11.8 11,6 11,0 I1.7 11.5 lO .6 12.0 Filler Denslty (mg cc<) 247 247 244 282 254 247 241 252 256 222 293 Expanded 8.9 14.0 10.1 N.H. 9.3 9.8 14.4 7.8 lO .1 27.8 None • i sture at S=okt ng 14.5 14.3 13.6 15.1 14.3 14.9 I3.6 13.9 I4.2 I4.4 13.5 N.M. - Not measured. IglC/ILA.T IU.K. and E~mn; I.imiml. This report mum am Ix ¢opkd ~ shown U) unsutJ~.tscd pertain. 0 C~ ¢.n -,,,J ClibPDF - wVVWmfastio.com

~w (c) Rod Wet~hts Table 5 details the vesu]ts, the rod weight s,mked takes into account the butt length to whtch the product was smokedto. The dry rod weight then tales account of the motsture content and the nicotine weight smoked also takes into account the blend nicotine levels. The data ts merely collated and no comment ts made. / 1957 ILA.T (U.K. amd Sml~! ~a.~. Ti~ reran row1 nm be coF~ed w sh~ m ,~auUx~ised ~ O r~ -...4 ClibPDF - WWwmfastio.com