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ppm, or 0.0003% to 0.0005% by weight and is negligible in 

 comparison to naturally occurring nicotine of tobacco 

 blends that generally contain 2% to 2.5% by weight. 



Further, The American Tobacco Company 

 manufactures reconstituted tobacco by the Fourdrinier paper 

 making process that involves separation of water-soluble 

 components from tobacco, formation of a tobacco cellulosic 

 sheet and reapplication of the water-soluble components to 

 the sheet . The end product is tobacco material that 

 contains only the quantity of water soluble components 

 including nicotine originally removed from the tobacco. In 

 practice, the nicotine content of the finished 

 reconstituted tobacco material is approximately 4% less 

 than the nicotine content of the natural tobacco utilized 

 in the reconstitution process. 



The American Tobacco Company uses various types 

 of natural tobaccos including reconstituted tobacco in the 

 manufacture of its cigarettes. The percentages of natural 

 tobacco types and reconstituted tobacco varies by cigarette 

 brand; however, after processing of tobacco for cigarette 

 manufacture, the nicotine content is on the order of 5% 



less than that of the various tobaccos entering the 

 process . 



In summary, nicotine involved in the federally 

 regulated and authorized use of SDA No. 4 denatured alcohol 

 is negligible and nothing is done in the tobacco processing 

 or manufacture of cigarettes by The American Tobacco 

 Company to increase nicotine beyond that naturally 

 occurring in tobacco. 



