Experimental Survey

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Logo Sheet 1298.01

Tobacco Product: Brand X Roll Your Own Tobacco
All tobacco products contain chemicals.

KEY

The purpose of this list is to provide information about the chemicals in this tobacco product

Chemicals have been linked to:

that researchers have linked to health problems. Research is on going to find out which chemicals
in tobacco and tobacco smoke cause harm.

Cancer
Lung Disease

There may be other health problems and chemicals that have not been discovered yet.

Heart and Blood Vessel Problems

Tobacco companies test their tobacco for these chemicals and report the amounts to the FDA.
TOBACCO

Please note: There is no safe tobacco product. Based on what we currently know, you can not

Reproductive Problems

tell your chance of developing a health problem by the number of chemicals or the amount of a
chemical in a tobacco product.

Addiction

per gram

ND

SMOKE

TOBACCO

F
Amount
per gram
Per Gram

per gram

n

40 - 120 ng

Ammonia
F
FP L A N TArsenic

41 - 62ng

F

0.1 – 1.6 µg

F

4-(Methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK)

F

Nicotine

F

N-Nitrosonornicotine (NNN)

170 - 370 mg

FOUND IN

per
cigarette

11.3 – 26.7 mg
0.9 – 6.9 µg
PLANT
FOUND IN

&

&

amount per
gram of
tobacco

Cadmium

FOUND IN

SMOKE

amount per
cigarette

n
n

n
n

n

Amount
Per Gram

n

n
n

n

n

amount per
cigarette

F

Acetamide

n

F

F

Acetone

n

F

F

Acrolein

n

F

Acrylamide

n

F

Acrylonitrile

n

Aflatoxin B1

n

F

4-Aminobiphenyl

n

F

1-Aminonaphthalene

n

n

n

n

mg= milligram
µg = microgram
ng = nanogram
pg= picogram

n

n

F

2-Aminonaphthalene

F

Anabasine

F

F

o-Anisidine

n

F

A-α-C (2-Amino-9H-pyrido[2,3-b]indole)

n

F

Benz[a]anthracene

n

F

Benz[j]aceanthrylene

n

F

F

Benzene

n

n

F

F

Benzo[b]fluoranthene

n

n

F

Benzo[k]fluoranthene

n

n

F

Benzo[b]furan

n

F

Benzo[a]pyrene

n

F

Benzo[c]phenanthrene

n

F

Beryllium

n

F

1,3-Butadiene

n

F

Caffeic acid

n

F

Carbon monoxide

F

Catechol

n

F

Chlorinated dioxins/furans

n

F

F

Chromium

n

F

F

Chrysene

n

n

F

F

Cobalt

n

n

F

n

n

n

n

n
n
n

n

n
n

Coumarin (banned in food)

F
F

F

Cresols (o-, m-, and p-cresol)

n

F

F

Crotonaldehyde

n

F

Cyclopenta[c,d]pyrene

n

FOUND IN

PLANT

amount per
gram of
tobacco

F

F

FOUND IN

per
cigarette

n

F

per
cigarette

amount per
gram of
tobacco

FOUND IN

Acetaldehyde

F

per gram

SMOKE

F

F

Where do these chemicals
come from?
P L Afrom
NT
Many of these chemicals come
the tobacco leaf and the smoke.
The rest come from the filter, glue, ink,
paper and additives.

Amount
Per Cigarette CHEMICAL

F

SMOKE

TOBACCO

The information is not
available on the following chemicals.
S M Ocurrently
KE
amount per
gram of
tobacco

TOBACCO

The information is not currently
available

Amount per
cigarette
Per Cigarette CHEMICAL

SMOKE

Not Detected

n

A machine is used to test for these chemicals. The amount of chemical that gets into the body may be
higher or lower depending on how a person uses the tobacco product. Companies may use different tests to
measure these chemicals. Results may vary.

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FOUND IN

SMOKE

amount per
cigarette

&

S

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TOBACCO

Tobacco Product: Brand X Roll Your Own Tobacco
per gram

KEY
SMOKE

TOBACCO

Chemicals have been linked to:
Cancer

Amount
per gram
Per Gram

Amount per
cigarette
Per Cigarette
CHEMICAL

Lung Disease

Dibenz[a,h]anthracene

F
FOUND IN

SMOKE

FP L A N TDibenzo[a,e]pyrene
amount per
gram of
SMOKE
Dibenzo[a,h]pyrene
tobacco
F

&

FOUND IN

amount per
cigarette

n
n

Dibenzo[a,i]pyrene

F

Dibenzo[a,l]pyrene

n

F

F

2,6-Dimethylaniline

n

F
PLANT
amount per
F
gram of

F

Ethyl carbamate (urethane)

n

FOUND IN

tobacco

&

F

FOUND IN

SEthylbenzene
MOKE
amount per
cigarette

Reproductive Problems

n

F
per
cigarette

Heart and Blood Vessel Problems

n

Addiction
n

n

F

Ethylene oxide

n

n

F

Formaldehyde

n

n

F

Furan

n

F

Glu-P-1 (2-Amino-6-methyldipyrido[1,2-a:3',2'-d ]
imidazole)

n

F

Glu-P-2 (2-Aminodipyrido[1,2-a:3',2'-d]imidazole)

n

F

F

Hydrazine

n

F

F

Hydrogen cyanide

F

Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene

n

F

IQ (2-Amino-3-methylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoline)

n

F

Isoprene

n

F

Lead

n

F

MeA-α-C (2-Amino-3-methyl)-9H-pyrido[2,3-b]indole)

n

F

Mercury

n

F

Methyl ethyl ketone

F

F

5-Methylchrysene

n

F

F

Naphthalene

n

n

F

F

Nickel

n

n

F

Nitrobenzene

n

n

F

Nitromethane

n

F

2-Nitropropane

n

F

F

N-Nitrosodiethanolamine (NDELA)

n

F

F

N-Nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA)

n

F

F

N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA)

n

F

F

N-Nitrosomethylethylamine

n

N-Nitrosomorpholine (NMOR)

n

F

F
F

F

N-Nitrosopiperidine (NPIP)

n

F

F

N-Nitrosopyrrolidine (NPYR)

n

F

N-Nitrososarcosine (NSAR)

n

F

Nornicotine

TOBACCO

The information is not currently

per gram

SMOKE

TOBACCO

n
n

Where do these chemicals
come from?
per gram

per
cigarette

FOUND IN

SMOKE

n

P L Afrom
NT
Many of these chemicals come
the tobacco leaf and the smoke.
The rest come from the filter, glue, ink,
paper and additives.
amount per
gram of
tobacco

n
n

per
cigarette

n

F

FOUND IN

PLANT

amount per
gram of
tobacco

mg= milligram
µg = microgram
ng = nanogram
pg= picogram

n

n
n

n

n

n

F

Phenol

F

PhIP (2-Amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo [4,5-b]
pyridine)

n

F

F

Polonium-210

n

F

F

Propionaldehyde

F

F

Propylene oxide

n

F

F

Quinoline

n

F

F

Selenium

F

F

Styrene

n

F

F

2-Toluidine

n

F

F

Toluene

F

Trp-P-1 (3-Amino-1,4-dimethyl-5H-pyrido[4,3-b]indole)

n

F

Trp-P-2 (1-Methyl-3-amino-5H-pyrido[4,3-b]indole )

n

F

Uranium-235

n

n

F

Uranium-238

n

n

F

Vinyl acetate

n

n

F

Vinyl chloride

n

F

F

Not Detected

available

n

F

F

ND

n

n
n

n

n

A machine is used to test for these chemicals. The amount of chemical that gets into the body may be
higher or lower depending on how a person uses the tobacco product. Companies may use different tests to
measure these chemicals. Results may vary.

&

FOUND IN

SMOKE

amount per
cigarette

&

S