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APPENDIX 3 TO PROTOCOL P 0500/3203 270893 PAGE 1 Appendix 3 All test cigarettes are made of American blend tobacco. American cigarette blends contain 40 to 75 % flue-cured, 14 to 45 % Burley, 1 to 5 % Maryland, 3 to 15 % Oriental, and 5 to 20 % reconstituted tobacco. See also TABLE 1 (Marian Zalis DeBardeleben, Dictionary of Tobacco Terminology, 1980 and reference quoted there). COMPONENT WEIGHT (~) carbohydrates sugars 12.5 cellulose 10.0 pectic substances 8.5 starch, pentosans 2.5 water 12.0 proteins and amino acids proteins 6.0 free amino acids 2.5 bases volatile bases 2.0 nicotine 1.5 waxes and resins 8.0 metals 5.0 phenols 6.5 acids 9.0 lignin 3.5 humectants 3.0 flavorants 2.5 inorganic anions 1.5 other 3.5 total 100.0 TABLE 1 APPROXIMATE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF BLENDED CIGARETTE TOBACCO

APPENDIX 3 TO PROTOCOL P 0500/3203 270893 PAGE 2 PARAMETER CIGARETTE CODE X6D3AGH X6D3AGI X6D3AGJ pack code red K2 red E4 red D6 cigarettes made 20000 12000 12000 (approx.) blend % extracted filler 100 96.67 82.23 % nonextracted filler 0 3.33 17.77 tar, mg/cig. 17.0 (target: 16.8 (target: 16.9 (target: 16.0) 16.0) 16.0) nicotine, mg/cig. 1.12 (target: 0.19 (target: 0.41 (target: 0.10) 0.20) 0.40) puffs/cig. 7.9 8.1 8.0 TABLE 2 SPECIFICATIONS BY THE SUPPLIER Remarks: For the test cigarettes, no flavorant or other in- gredients were added to the tobacco. PARAMETER CIGARETTE CODE X6D3AGK X6D3AGL X6D3AGM pack code red JS red K3 red M7 cigarettes made 12000 12000 12000 (approx.) blend % extracted filler 68.55 54.87 41.20 % nonextracted filler 31.45 45.13 58.80 tar, mg/cig. 17.2 (target: 16.5 (target: 16.8 (target: 16.0) 16.0) 16.0) nicotine, mg/cig. 0.66 (target: 0.83 (target: 0.98 (target: 0.60) 0.80) 1.00) puffs/cig. 7.9 8.0 8.0 TABLE 2 (cont.) SPECIFICATIONS BY THE SUPPLIER Remarks: For the test cigarettes, no flavorant or other in- gredients were added to the tobacco.

PAGE 3 270893 APPENDIX 3 TO PROTOCOL P 0500/3203 PARAMETER CIGARETTE CODE X6D3AGN X6D3AGO X6D3AGP pack code red C8 red L9 red N4 cigarettes made (approx.) blend 12000 16000 16000 % extracted filler 27.53 13.85 0 % tar, nonextracted fi mg/cig. ller 72.47 16.9 16 0) (target: 86.15 17.0 16 0) (target: 100 16.9 16 0) (target: nicotine, mg/cig. puffs/cig. . 1.21 1.20) 7.8 (target: . 1.40 1.40) 7.8 (target: . 1.56 1.60) 8.0) (target: TABLE 2 (cont.) SPECIFICATIONS BY THE SUPPLIER Remarks: For the test cigarettes, no flavorant or other in- gredients were added to the tobacco.