Tobacco Documents Online

Topical Report NCI/S&HP/ORNL #61 TAR, NICOTINE, CO AND COz DELIVERIES OF PHILIPPINE CIGARETTES 1-19-78 R. B. Quincy, W. H. Griest, A. H. Marshall Tobacco Smoke Research Program Bio/Organic Analysis Section Analytical Chemistry Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830 Interagency Agreement (ERDA-NIH/NGI) No. 40-485-74, Part I Internal (ORNLI Contract Charge No. 3390-0225 Intended for informal communication with project management only, until published or released by author. Confidentiai

TAR, NICOTINE, CO and CO;, DELIVERIES OF PHILIPPINE CIGARETTES R. B. Quincy, W. H. Griest, A. H. Marshall Introduction. This Topical Report presents the results of the analysis of 13 filter brands of Philippine cigarette variants for tar (also TPM and water), nicotine, CO, and C0; at the request of the NCI. Experimental. This set of Philippine cigarettes was sent to ORNL by NCI and was individually selected, smoked, and analyzed for these constituents by stan- dard protocol procedures. Nicotine was determined by the protocol gas chrom- atographic procedure, Results/Discussion. This is the third set of Philippine cigarettes that has been analyzed in our smoke facility. Unlike the other sets of cigarettes, this one contains four 120 mm brands. Except for the Saratoga, all the 120 mm brands submitted are °'brown`° packs. There seems to be a trend on the part of some Philippine manufacturers to manufacture "brown° packs or(cigarette paper).I Also, the Elite menthol 100 mm and the Insular Cigarlet are "brown'° type cig- arettes. The More menthol and the Saratoga menthol--the two American 120 mm brands analyzed--are manufactured locally (there) along with all the other domestic Philippine brands listed in Tables 1 and 22. Although the More menthol 120 mm is an air-dilution-type cigarette, its nicotine and tar delivery, found in the smoke particulates, are in the same concentration range as that of the other analyzed brands. The American manu- factured More menthol 120 mm delivers an average of 21 mg tar and 1.55 mg of nicotine per cigarette, and the American made Saratoga menthol 120 mm delivers an average of 16.2 mg tar and 1.01 mg of nicotine, respectively.3 These re- sults indicate that there is approximately 50 percent less nicotine and tar delivered in the smokes of these two American brands as compared to their Philippine counterparts. An ORNL/TM Report is in preparation. References 1. Orlino Sol. Palacpac, "Sharp Gains vs Decreases Characterize General Situation,`° Tobacco International, No7ember 11, 1977, p. 17. 2. Orlino Sol. Palacpac, "Indu:try Registers New Gains As Productionf Export Figures Rise," Tobacco International, November 12, 1976, p. 12-13. 3. Federal Trade Commission, "Report of Tar and Nicotine Content of the Smoke of 169 Varieties of Cigarettes," November 1976.

Table 1. Analysis of Philippine Cigarettes. Cigarette Characteristics Brand Cigarette Weight, mg Cigarette RTD, mm H20 Puff Number Best Menthol 100s 1346 96.9 14.5 Cannon Menthol 100s 1306 115.5 12.9 Elite Menthol 100s 1366 96.4 18.1 Insular Cigarlet 100s 1203 81.9 11.8 Mi Amor 120s 1174 181.2 18.6 Mi Amor Menthol 120s 1201 194.2 18.5 More Menthol 120s 1143 185.3 18.6 Most Menthol 100s 1227 102.4 12.2 Saratoga Menthol 120s 1113 151.0 13.0 Seaport Menthol King 1133 91.0 11.9 Trust International Style Shorts 1006 101.6 10.6 Trust International Style King 1147 103.8 11.7 Valenzuela Mentholated 1200 95.0 12.9

Table 2. Analysis of Philippine Cigarettes. Analytical Results Delivery/Cigarette Brand TPM, Water, Nicotine, Tar, CO, ml C02, ml ~ Best Menthol 100s 46.74 2.68 1.55 42.51 27.7 50.1 Cannon Menthol 100s 28.85 2.29 1.51 25.05 22.0 45.2 Elite Menthol 100s 48.31 4.24 1.86 42.21 35.4 67.1 Insular Cigarlet 100s 41.08 4.22 1.70 35.16 26.9 47.7 Mi Amor 120s 46.44 3.31 2.34 40.79 38.1 60.8 Mi Amor Menthol 120s 45.52 2.67 2.05 40.80. 37.1 58.5 More Menthol 120s 38.84 2.16 2.00 34.68 31.4 53.0 Most Menthol 100s 31.56 1.78 1.29 28.49 22.4 44.3 Saratoga Menthol 120s 26.49 2.38 1.66 22.45 19.7 42.2 Seaport Menthol King 39.66 3.88 1.42 34.36 25.7 44.2 Trust International Style Short 31.27 2.67 1.31 27.29 16.6 38.0 Trust International Style King 32.14 3.48 1.40 27.26 20.2 42.2 Valenzuela Mentholated 42.00 5.70 0.96 35.35 27.9 52.0