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Subject: % Free Nicotine on Kent III and Some Experimental Cigarettes

Abstract

Details percentage of free and bound nicotine, and smoke pH for Kent III and experimental low-tar cigarettes.

Fields

Notes

Handwritten note.

Author

Ihrig, A. M. (Lorillard senior research chemist, circa 1983)

Recipient

Schultz, Frederick J., Ph.D. (VP of Lorillard, Inc. '89-95)

Hypothesis

Free Nicotine

Low-yield cigarettes

Modification of low yield products to assure that adequate levels of nicotine delivery are maintained, and effects of yield changes on toxicity and dependence.

Mainstream constituent yields

Modification of selected mainstream smoke constituents in response to health concerns.

Nicotine transport, transfer, and uptake

Design changes which alter nicotine delivery or effect how the product causes and maintains dependence, including transfer of nicotine from tobacco to smoke, and uptake into the body.

Smoke constituent testing

Development of methods for measurement of gas and particulate yields in mainstream and sidestream smoke.

Use of tobacco processing/ blends

Modification of tobacco products through changes in tobacco processing and use of blends, and measuring effects on dependence, behavior, and toxicity.

Keyword

Free nicotine (Unprotonated or unionized nicotine)

Alkalinity (High pH, Basic)

Brand differences

Nicotine delivery (Smoke nicotine or nicotine yield)

Smoke pH

Acidity/ baseness, scale from 0-14, 7 neutral

Smoke Constituent

Nicotine

Design Component

Nicotine content (Tobacco nicotine content)

Total nicotine in the unburnt tobacco rod

Prototype

462

741

753

827

Named Organization

Tennesee-Eastman Co.

Brand

EXPERIMENTAL

Kent III

Triumph

Subject

Low Yield Cigarettes (Products)

nicotine technology

pH Manipulation (Technology)

Smoke Nicotine (Measures)

Smoke pH (Measures)

Test/Smoke Constituents (Testing)