Nicotine quantity and packaging disclosure in smoked and smokeless tobacco products in India
Sharma, Priyamvada
Nicotine quantity and packaging disclosure in smoked and smokeless tobacco products in India - Vol.47(4), Jul-Aug - Mumbai Wolter Kluwer 2015 - 440-443p.
A variety of smoked and smokeless tobacco products with varying nicotine content are accessible in India. Nicotine quantity in tobacco products has direct bearing on tobacco dependence. Our objective was to estimate nicotine content in various types of smoked and smokeless products. Disclosure for essential health warning was also checked.
Materials and Methods:
Liquid-liquid extraction was used for nicotine extraction and high-performance thin layer chromatography technique was applied for quantification of nicotine in seventy-one smoked and smokeless tobacco products.
Results:
Significant variation in nicotine content was observed across products. In smoked tobacco, nicotine content varied from 1.01 to 13.0 mg/rod, while in smokeless tobacco products it ranged from 0.8 mg/g to 50.0 mg/g. Moisture content varied from 9% to 21%
PHARMACOLOGY
Nicotine quantity and packaging disclosure in smoked and smokeless tobacco products in India - Vol.47(4), Jul-Aug - Mumbai Wolter Kluwer 2015 - 440-443p.
A variety of smoked and smokeless tobacco products with varying nicotine content are accessible in India. Nicotine quantity in tobacco products has direct bearing on tobacco dependence. Our objective was to estimate nicotine content in various types of smoked and smokeless products. Disclosure for essential health warning was also checked.
Materials and Methods:
Liquid-liquid extraction was used for nicotine extraction and high-performance thin layer chromatography technique was applied for quantification of nicotine in seventy-one smoked and smokeless tobacco products.
Results:
Significant variation in nicotine content was observed across products. In smoked tobacco, nicotine content varied from 1.01 to 13.0 mg/rod, while in smokeless tobacco products it ranged from 0.8 mg/g to 50.0 mg/g. Moisture content varied from 9% to 21%
PHARMACOLOGY