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Development of a Cigarette Tobacco Filler Standard Reference Material.

ABSTRACT: A new tobacco filler Standard Reference Material (SRM) has been issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in September 2016 with certified and reference mass fraction values for nicotine, N-nitrosonornicotine, 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone, and volatiles. The constituents have been determined by multiple analytical methods with measurements at NIST and at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and with confirmatory measurements by commercial laboratories. This effort highlights the development of the first SRM for reduced nicotine and reduced tobacco-specific nitrosamines with certified values for composition.

SUBMITTER: Sander LC

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5687819 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Development of a Cigarette Tobacco Filler Standard Reference Material.

Sander Lane C LC Pritchett Jeanita S JS Daniels Yasmine C YC Wood Laura J LJ Lang Brian E BE Wise Stephen A SA Yen James H JH Johnson Tricia L TL Walters Matthew J MJ Phillips Tracy T Holman Matthew R MR Lee Grace E GE Lisko Joseph G JG Lane Brian B Valentin-Blasini Liza L Watson Clifford C

Analytical chemistry 20170920 19

A new tobacco filler Standard Reference Material (SRM) has been issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in September 2016 with certified and reference mass fraction values for nicotine, N-nitrosonornicotine, 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone, and volatiles. The constituents have been determined by multiple analytical methods with measurements at NIST and at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and with confirmatory measurements by commercial la ...[more]

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