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4.3.93 Assorted Notes on BOOT Meeting - 3.3.93 (or a ¢ountm-blm~ to ramona?) Pasts ofthis note m wrlnen with the disadvantage ofsubetaatiai ignorance and I welcon~ coauctioe. I hope no-one bel~cd Erwln Kausch's piece about Consumer l)csmnd l~q~onslvcnz~ Would disclaeum of uscx -- • tobacco additive havc a ncsativc ctTcct on coasumcr pcrc~tlon fgivcn tint it is • constituent ot'u6~? I havc two rm~r cooccs~ about tbc bzponaacc ROOT Tcclmoiotw has usumcd in tbc dcvolopmzm otourUS myic bbnds to compme wlds ~ Tbc f'wst is dmt the coaV]e~!y of the cbamis~ and tt~ wu~W ofatwl~ ~ including nxxfsfmd ~ fmmdmkzL t-- pmvkk,d akstmZlal ~opc for ~'__.~_ ~~- m pracGr~ sb,~.trad~msd dmuomz~~ to dsc indus,. TI~ bm, c had km mcccss in emkia8 clb~ ~iom to ~ tobacco blending. This could mua that imptovlt~ tiw 705~ or m of rhc blcnd which stm ~pmds oa ~ cxpzt~ ~-- mt b.n Zivu sutr.:i~ w,~ ~rxtmsm~ mchm lq~| ~ lack of ~ or"nm ofthc crop" ccmjtmints could exaczsb~ this ettbcc ~ thg amount ofzffoct in R.OOT Technology with thc lack ofsctionia mqxmdi~ to the long knmm m~lu~ tl~ M.m'lbom contaim morn FC mscl icss Burlcy tima our blads. Only ia WWB hm a shit m mon~ PC occurred, from what I heard ymtcnbW. Is tbc technology util waglli~ tbg bkndinl dog? If PM am comtrzined by volume in tbz tobaccos they buy. caa thst be mined to o-_r ~lvuUtp if'we me n~so commubwd?. Peshqm oae ofPl~8 axtsaxim8 is ~ cu Ix~ mine oFtbz PC robin:co they wit md Imm oftbe Bu84~. Tbey then uE ROOT to offWt thiL Adq~811. we have hmrd th~ ROOT ehiftx tm~ tcn~m~ AC notes. It is sm0tb~ maazr ifone stress with • Burk~ tdanv, m we do, and then add ammoeda. Additivmshouidbe~totheblead. 'rh~ should not be a bsuc. ~ roUowiq v~ues for total blind ~ with nkm~ comributloa ~ wcm found fet" KS full flavour broads smnpled in early 1991. Mad~ U.S.A IV~lxysm Brazil Total k~ nicotine nltrogcn ' l~J~ Strike M_.m4bom Msrnx~o Brand (%) 2.69 2.39 2.5,8 2.$8 2.O9 2.24 tJ'l O t.r't r~ BAT Co LTD-- MINNESOTA TOBACCO LITIGATION

• | -- ~ ~ Kbu~m~y ~ mm~d we m~ ~y not ~ i m~d ,,~L Tb~ is dm abody oPm~mw~bl ,n~d~ ll~ I~TC~. BlkW mcl o~Iva ~ I~ Ode~II ssd mm,e I~ In l, lsdl~ a~ o~ blwdm. Am~p tl~s is l,~.r ~ .,,~ ,.~. l,r ~ ~.qm~ ,o L, mlky Sml0. or ~m,lm ~ ,,mld~ wi, k,lm ~ oflksd (no ~ im ~i~r). 1~ mk.~bom bi, md ~, ,mS~ ~- ~. ~ b~ mt ~ by ~k,oiosi~ ~, ~mx,,/m ~ d= ml+sb~ ot tl~ I clma umm/¢o ~pport d~ impamm= odr ~X~ T~~. Tlds b mired to m~, From +mmm becmn: I lucu c+ kmow d,j d,s cka.,s ~ md ~ oI~ Smmm~l ~ ~ wko I~ a .al,. ~. d,.+ ~ ~ ammam ,ksm,llk ,b, wmrll.zim bolas o/" HB wm ~ douin dn klmmmry. Wl,o did dsc mmary maiall msd +.s Lt ( X nm bmvnd petal maial in Odb~. TIIw mmd, zd a mw flsvour tcclmolol~ ot a wsdm" k"mL l-rm talmmo tram pusc~ wm I~ not mmnon~ Thcpeacl knpt fladinlnodif3kn:necs. Hemuphisml~L Ne~Im?) u-tim foilowinl e~c of ~ cxJ..ss, z bsvc not men it, t~ qsin nmm~pdsc ti~ Iammlb: lkial~ ofdds t0pi¢ llmLacl~ Saila: bam+mdc~iskimqamam'bmd cast mzl lmper type slnzu with ud wiabou~ ROOT mmmnn~ e~ elu: h+Id coam~ If'so, has • ~ paul of'ncsml mq~c~ ~ mnoknd tiz: cipmttcs bFnnd Id with no mention oFwbal I!~ trot wm about. Did tlb~ fred a smwmry difference? If so wha~ ~n~u Ih~ di~? We (or D aeed to be clear o~ wl~ ammonis addition offem. My uade~__.ndlalj of what his been ©lsbrml st ~s ~ is ms Follows. Ammomia Increases impact because It Imcrutet smoke pH which incrtua the amount of"fr~" nieot*me mn'ach mnbaneu Impact. I ~Dk mo~ ofus m~ fairly very Im~ in+~ pll D irri~ao~ mort= tlna iaV~ not. food Bc,idm, ~m iml~zt bs - full flm~msr cilm,~ is not na=,,m~l~ alood tldal, I scciall wink m,ll~b~ mazl~ ~m ,cuV~,bi'd~ and ~ in CI'T Howzves', I h~w~ oban'vcd that this chdm is rm~ly n~ now for RO~. It may l~vc barn amds in nd~ m ~ ~ ks ml~ Somc m~ms, s,~h ~s ,:Idoddm ckixcss smo~ smm~om. What is known shout pbomhs~ in this mmpuct? Ammonis depresses irritalJon tlu'oulh reaction in the smoke w/th substances (aldeh~ tbsl are evm more b~illltlall. I acccpt ~ mnmoa~ docs ~ m sired. ~ do ~ ,a~ coaUlm~ ~l'~.m,~y to iait,,~ioa? I think tlsc jury is still out oa this. FC tobecco d=lbe~ nmm ~d= msd mrolein thin uncascd amt~, Wmlmbl~ d.~ ~oa ~ ormlm'immmD~ in PCmml k~ Boi= mnmmda ~o m=et witk tltc 8kb4Wdas. Unamed Burlcy is dsfinitzly much morc ~ th0m PC, ao d~ duc to IdSh~ smo~ pl-I dzmn~ mmu ~ zimoZcu, [mclm~lll~ BllrJl~ylJlOblOlSlllrltoofflctthe+cFFect- Iluslx~t that ~ sltmlms ~ ~ is mo~ mmally a Cm=Z of kri"++on tl~ akfel~dm. At a ~iai level, the list Ihinl a USB needs is nitrolen Fortificat/m~. thoUlh oCeoume a USB does intnmluee mqlm'J to tim Budey por~a and final smoke pH is no/substNstially Ip~atmr than for PC smoke. Total nitrolen was ~ in o ......6 Q M U~ BAT Co LTD - MINNE..C~TA TOBACCO LITIGATION

tlml"FMfmm 15 PCsad t0 kdey siaslesrade ciSmettu~ The ~wc~aot "=mdm" wi~6oftl= no~beism SemU.S.A. Ti=sndmwe~ ~wa from ]YS3-t~S6 ,mpL Msm total samsm~ sm is=lad~ ~ ~ w=~ 2£% k 1~ sad SJ'A ~ Irma, mlmmsd m • ~ of NF/~M. set TPt4. For tim mm~ mia ~ dziml~ ~ml~mm ~dm mb.~ ~ -* ........ l~Mmn nudcy Mma T~ m ~ ~ (%) i.~ ~in 1¢ (%) AII~ m~m 1¢ (%) Ammei~N Or) ~tmte N (%) 1.0 0.27 O.O2 ~,,0t 3.4 1.8 0.56 0.37 0.44 Total nitmsms in TPM is not a regular me.Jthod and I do not have data for blends. However, ms cam rarely mmme that sdtmgen coacentmtim in Iql~DPM imczuees with nitmgea coacentratioa in the tobacco. I am wondering irma ~il~z~i'~ ~.pluu~,m of~xluce~ ~ from DAP lies in ttnpbosphm, notttnmmsmim~ Sutbeesdi~cmnm~dmutthiL Oeedidc ~t~-rd~ mad ~.duced inV~ fR~ D~. mzibutinS thb m .k,,~ b~ ~ ~ thembretoleu~puffdelJvefiet "rlmmmnemi~amp~to~ A~fmm 1ow~ ~e]ivet~ per pu~ ~etd ptmptm mJuge hrlmtm tnueu~ mm drop in coadmafoa jiving 8 diffenmt bebmc~ ofsmokn comlmoenla u well as lower abeolute levtk? Ammonia rinds with sugars to produce volatile Ilmvom amd iavolattle flavour prmwtm's. Th~ mnbammom sre not dtffm-mt to whst tolma:o contains naturally, through the same ructlotu, lint ]ev~.d are mlumetd. Then: is no doubt ~ ~b~~ a~ fommt, but do ti~ matribute at a nmiecable k'vci, ps~kulsdy ia a USB wtm= trot, ¢im~ctsr owes amch to sdd~ tssiap a~! flavot~? Whst b the evidence, Igi~a that flevoar clammter difibmr.m m~ mually ku goeamnay dmribed by pm~ th~ J:e e~uain~ ty~ ~~. Pnummab[y these flavour peccursors arc formed natmully ia BorJcy bcforc sugsr is lint in cudng. Tbcy arc, I ~ fresher enlmaced after mgar casing at the condi~.om ofpmcmi~ C~r,cr~t~. X tnd tmnaed ent ehey would be pramt naturally in PC tetmu:o, deq~te th~ vmy low ammmm levels after flue gugiag, me the tim tabik above, la tim table the diffmu~ betwwn 1~ am:t Barley zmdc mummim is mucl~ pua:r, m a pmpoaim trois, than ttn oa other niuopma apwt fl~m nimte. I lind umded to mmm~ a,~ the msmmais ftot umed up im the Immmmee ofe~mm q0m~ I bare since been told that a more liknly explaution ofiow mummmia inVC isdm to Idler mei~ tmapmmmm ~ it of~ Aaotl~ umU-my m,d pmb~ly tinter ~ wm tl~ mymie bnmkdowa of amilm aeidsete, is ~apped by fltm-etwia|but coatianea fe~ mmz time ia Budey. Yet a Fur.her maumy point was that mflm~-mmmoaia nmctimm would not occur st the low pH of PC ~. The f'umt two points do not ps~lnde mg~-l~o scid maefioa products, but the pH point probably docs. This could be aaswcr~ by amalytical O mm~ t.T1 mmiJ BAT Co LTD - MINNESOTA TOBACCO LITIGATION

Bsults on tbc tyi~ amd icvci of ~ Izoducts in PC mid Buricy Ipa~ks. Ibaw~ bwa totd that k~ls me km~ in i~ bat ifmsyo~ bm sin/~ ~ ~ ~ ~ If m~ me Immm i~ PC wkuzo md do mmik~ to I ti~'n tbmm mum be ms ~ for ~ din duoml~ ~ ~'pomlb~ jwt u for usk ~t ~ my ~ .mm.z~-mpr mt~a,'-- mmmit-mtm m.etim~ tmnmm t~ liar troy zi~ AC mmL ~ ~billmd ~ mw m ~ lhst [ doubt tli dlatb~km emJid be minis. If~s get AC aotm from botk typm oF ~tiam tim ~ ~ ~ ~ VA td.ad.) would .z~ tim .m~ titus m,mmny, p.oo.r ~ ~ ,,o, dd b,, nm Wi~L]~C bmmm ~t dora ~oe Im~c flw tomb ~ to soak up w,~r ~ Hows~r, mcom/imtod op6om ,cassia. Pluc-cm.cd a~cm is low m IXOtcia coapaccd to PC Imsdm,. Product Tcclmolozy does ~vc a prc~ to ~ slr~m knpmvancas m~d one mmsd ot'k ¢oaccms "adjmmmat" ofamlNmmt iavels to flmm oflmnlnL I do not know ~ sums but that ni~ fac~ftuzioa wm oa the apndL Om can ma rmimmk for ~'I~RGE and AI.STP~ mpplicn~a to utah bmcd oa ~ Imn noc soi~ to mare pos~i~ sulapuda~ t, ccs,z~ ldo no¢ Imow what to bcficvc. Wc could set up a ltoyad Comaduioa wkh tim pow~ w obuu cviclcncc and cram mwimcw:s. Itkink~twouldnotbcim0cluctivc. Tim~mustbc somc scuory eft'cot bared on the amoult of noa tobecco nmtcxinis ~ It nn~" cyst bc s potJtiv~ oflbct in qmtific biznd comp~ble mm~ioM bucd ms PM's usz of tiN: mdai¢ '1"~ m ~ f~r MTCo m~ I~ im millay in ~ ~ eitl~r to euhmscc aiai~; c~ or immdua: modifl~ ~. MIDA~ h~ o~ Idmd option wkb 10% CPCL9 it • mad. VA blcad. This rcplsccs 10% stem in mmdmr option. My uade~l k ~ thaw ~ will bz ~ ptodmt tinted in m~ Ausmm~ Ommm~ md ~ ,~ ~ blmb ~lm bei~ evdu,~nd t,/ expem? Ou ma~ of~mmnt~s m~tm~ PM mi~ be pmptmd to k~ tmte if ~ir e~s tb0ul~ a new ,m~ ~yI~ wm wa~ pumdq. Onc tmmio would bc zapm~ pmfmm~ m~l oomumm, pm~ Imdi~ to uu i~ dm amrk~ But I hm, e s fc~lin~ tbe MIDAS CPT ~t~m stmsdlm~ is mperlority. ~r tbe n~sult, MIDAS is ,to sub~im~ for a prosrmmnc to c-valu.~z tbc b~mfits of ROOT in Vir~inis products, if such is mClU~rcd. D. Irwin C~ G. Rr~ A. S~cnson R. C~cIlin G. Brooks A. Bmncs C~ Go mmm~ BAT Co LTD - MINNESOTA TOBACCO LITIGATION