CORESTA Meeting, Smoke/Technology, Innsbruck, 1999, ST06
Formation of tobacco specific nitrosamines in flue-cured tobacco
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Merry Hill, NC, USA
The nitrosation of naturally occurring tobacco alkaloids is commonly accepted as the mechanism of tobacco specific nitrosamine (TSNA) formation in tobacco. As minimal-to-no TSNA is present in green tobacco, TSNA formation and accumulation is...