105 CMR, § 660.103 - 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	>2.0
Moderate Nicotine	>0.5-2.0
Low Nicotine	.01-0.5
Nicotine Free	<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.

Notes

105 CMR, § 660.103

Amended by Mass Register Issue 1359, eff. 2/23/2018.