Mass-market cigars (aka machine-made) cigars represent the largest segment of the cigar market as they are produced in far greater quantities than handmade cigars and are traditionally sold in convenience stores rather than high-end cigar shops. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed issuance of deeming regulations to regulate cigar products so it is essential to have knowledge of the chemical and toxicological properties of these products. We recently reported (CORESTA Congress, Sapporo, 2012, Smoke Science/Product Technology Groups, SSPT11) on the routine and detailed chemistries of reconstituted tobacco wrappers from so-called filtered cigars, including the presence of markers of sugar-ammonia chemistry such as the deoxyfructosazines and fructosazines in the wrapper taken from one filtered cigar product. Since this finding was unexpected, we have obtained additional samples to determine the interactions between the tobacco blend and the components of the wrapper that can affect the sugar-ammonia chemistry.

Chemistry of cigar wrappers taken from mass-market cigars

245th National Meeting (2013)

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