Product Design
Subject: Nicotine Addition and Transfer in Tobacco Blends and Reconstituted Leaf Samples
Abstract
Reports on laboratory investigations of the addition of nicotine and nicotine salts to tobacco blends and reconstituted leaf "for the enhancement of impact in low tar cigarettes." Notes that although enhancement could be achieved with added nicotine, it resulted in a much harsher tasting cigarette. Lists all laboratory notebook references for the investigations.
Fields
- Author
- MORGAN, JP
- Recipient
- Jones, Tom S.Defense
- Hypothesis
- Nicotine transport, transfer, and uptakeDesign 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.
- Use of additives
Modification of tobacco products through use of additives and measuring effects on dependence, behavior, and toxicity. - Use of additives
- Keyword
- pH alteration
- Nicotine
- Smoke pH
Acidity/ baseness, scale from 0-14, 7 neutral - Nicotine
- Additive
- Nicotine
- Nicotine salts
- FC-11
- Ammonium hydroxide
- Nicotine tartrate
- Nicotine salts
- Smoke Constituent
- Nicotine
- Design Component
- Blend
- KGL blend (Kent Golden Light blend)
Lorillard blend, c. 1970s-1990s- Reconstituted leaf (RL)
PM @reconstituted_tobacco, c. 1970s-1980s- Nicotine blend
- KGL blend (Kent Golden Light blend)
- Named Organization
- INSAP
- Subject
- Blends (Design)
- nicotine technology
- Reconstituted Tobacco (Design)
- nicotine technology
- Brand
- Golden Lights
- Now (RJR)
- True (Lor)
- TRUE BLUE
- Now (RJR)
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May 26, 1994
TO: Dr. S. T. Jones
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FROM: J. P. Morgan
SUBJECT: Nicotine Addition and Transfer in Tobacco Blends and
Reconstituted Leaf Samples
From March 25, 1976 to December 6, 1977 our laboratory investigated
the addition of nicotine/ nicotine salts on tobacco blends and in
RL for the enhancement of impact in low tar cigarettes. In
addition, the transfer of nicotine from high nicotine tobaccos to
other materials was investigated. Enhancement of impact could be
achieved with nicotine addition; however, the taste was harsh and
this problem was not tackled by our group!
All of my laboratory notebook references for these investigations
are listed below:
NOTEBOOK # PAGES SUBJECT
AD-64 87-91 Nicotine Addition on NOW Cigarettes
AD-64 94-96 Addition of Nicotine to KGL Tobacco
AD-64 97 NOW Cigarettes for DR. Spears
AD-64 98-101 Addition of Nicotine to KGL Tobacco
AD-64 102 Nicotine Addition with Whet Protein Conc.
AD-64 103-104 Notes on Nicotine Addition to Tobacco
AD-64 107-108 Nicotine Addition with FC-11
AD-64 110-113 Nicotine Addition by Spraying with FC-11
AD-64 116-118 KGLN-38 Blend,Puff Tobacco,Nicotine
Addition, Analyses
AD-64 126-127 Nicotine Addition to RL
AD-64 130 Calculated Nicotine Deliveries
AD-64 136 Nicotine Addition to RL
AD-64 146 Nicotine Addition (0.5-1.5%)on KGL Blend
AD-69 1 KGL Samples Nicotine Addition 0.5-1.5 %
AD-69 4-9 Nicotine Addition in Top Flavor & Recasing
AD-69 13 Tobacco Analyses on Seven Nicotine Added
Samples
AD-69 14-17 True Blue Samples Nicotine Addition 0.5-
1.5%
AD-69 23 Results of ISNAP Meeting for Future Work
AD-69 24-25 Nine True Blue Samples Made at Dr.
Schilltz' s Request
AD-69 26-28 pH Alteration of True Blue Blend +
Nicotine/ with Ammonium Hydroxide
AD-69 29-30 Tobacco Analyses, Smoke pH, Smoking
Results, on 9 True Blue Samples
AD-69 33-34 Analysis of KGL, T.B. Samples Containing,
Added Nicotine

AD-69 35-36 Tobacco Analysis of Samples Nicotine Added
to in Different Areas
AD-69 54 KGL Samples-Nicotine Added in Recasing &
Top Flavor
AD-69 55-59 Nicotine Transfer from Wet to Dry Tobacco
Experiment
AD-69 81 New RL + Nicotine Samples Blended in Lab
AD-69 83 Tobacco Analysis on New RL + Nicotine
Blends
AD-69 99-100 Present RL + Nicotine Added in Pilot Plant
AD-69 101-102 Free Nicotine Rolled on RL in Pilot Plant
AD-69 103-107 4% Nicotine Addition to RL & Nicotine
Tartrate Addition to Tob.
AD-69 110-112 8065 & Three T.B. 85-mm Samples (Control,
0.3%, & 0.4% Nicotine)
AD-69 113-118 T.B. 85-mm Samples, Nicotine Added in Top
Flavor, RL, & PT
AD-69 124-129 RL Slurry Samples from Danville, Analyses,
& Evaluations
AD-69 136-137 First Run of RL Adjusted to 2.0 % Nicotine
AD-69 138 Nicotine Evaluation of RL2 & RL3 Samples
Periodically
AD-69 141-142 RL Made with Nicotine Added & SL
Considered
AD-69 143-152 Evaluation of SL Individually & in
Cigarette Blends
AD-75 54 Nicotine Transfer- Tobacco Analyses
AD-75 58-59 Nicotine Transfer- Tobacco Analyses
All of the above investigations were jointly completed with
T. L. Larson. He will report all of our joint reports and memos
concerning this work.
P. Morga.
