From: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in US and Swedish smokeless tobacco products
Style | Number of brands | Moisture (%) | Total PAH (ng/g DWB) | ||
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Average | Range | Average | Range | ||
Hard pellet | 2 | 3.9 | 3.5 – 4.4 | 210 | 193 – 227 |
Plug | 1 | 19.3 | Single sample | 363 | Single sample |
Loose snus | 10 | 56.5 | 54.1 – 57.7 | 399 | 283 – 737 |
Portion snus | 22 | 48.0 | 9.6 – 55.9 | 434 | 269 – 898 |
Chewing tobacco | 13 | 23.7 | 18.7 – 26.4 | 808 | 309 – 1251 |
Dry snuff | 5 | 9.6 | 8.5 – 10.0 | 8651 | 573 – 11869 |
Moist snuff | 16 | 54.2 | 50.0 – 56.2 | 10039 | 4151 – 19354 |
Soft pellet | 1 | 17.3 | Single sample | 13972 | Single sample |