Smokeless Tobacco Products: Nicotine Yield Reporting Requirements

Smokeless tobacco product manufacturers shall include in their annual report a rating for nicotine yield for each brand, sub-brand or generic unbranded smokeless tobacco product sold in the Commonwealth, which shall include: (A) pH of tobacco; (B) moisture content as a percent of weight of tobacco; (C) nicotine in milligrams per gram of tobacco; (D) nicotine as a percent of dry weight of tobacco; (E) percent of unionized (free) nicotine; and (F) total unionized (free) nicotine in milligrams per gram of tobacco. Smokeless tobacco product manufacturers shall classify each brand, sub-brand and generic unbranded smokeless tobacco product for nicotine delivery, according to the following standard: Smokeless Tobacco Nicotine Delivery Total Free Nicotine mg/g High Nicotine Moderate Nicotine Low Nicotine Nicotine Free >2.0 >0.5-2.0 .01-0.5 <0.01 The smokeless tobacco nicotine yield rating shall be reported to the Department as specified on the form attached to 105 CMR 660.600.