Current through Register 1527, August 2, 2024
Section 660.103 - Smokeless Tobacco Products: Nicotine Yield Reporting RequirementsSmokeless 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:
(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.
Amended by Mass Register Issue 1359, eff. 2/23/2018.