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Quotes from Industry Patents 



It is another object of the Invention to provide an agent 

 for the treatment of tobacco smol<e whereby nicotine 

 is easily released thereinto in controlled amounts, 

 -patent no. 3,584,630 02:69-71 



It can be seen that the process.-.enables the manipulation 

 of the nicotine content of tobacco material, such as cut 

 leaf and reconstituted leaf, by removal of nicotine from a 

 suitable nicotine tobacco source or by the addition of 

 nicotine to a low nicotine tobacco material. 

 -patent no. 4,215,706 03:61-66 



...processed tobaccos can be manufactured under 

 conditions suitable to provide products having various 

 nicotine levels. 

 -patent no. 5,031,646 05:63-65 



Examples of suitable tobacco materials include... 

 processed tobacco materials such as expanded tobaccos, 

 processed tobacco stems, reconstituted tobacco 

 materials, or reconstituted tobacco materials having 

 varying levels of endogenous and exogenous nicotine.... 

 [emphasis added] 

 -patent no. 5,031,646 0:21-27 



