abstract |
A tobacco product contains tobacco material enriched with anatabine or a salt or derivative thereof. In some aspects, the tobacco material has very low levels of tobacco specific nitrosamines (TSNA), such as having a collective content of N′-nitrosonornicotine (NNN), 4-(N-nitrosomethylamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK), N′-nitrosoanatabine (NAT) and N′-nitrosoanabasine (NAB) which is about 0.3 μg/g or less. The tobacco product may be a smoking product, such as cigarettes, cigars, or pipe tobacco; or a smokeless product, such as chewing tobacco, snuff, snus, tobacco-containing gum or lozenges, or a dissolvable powdered tobacco-based smokeless product. |