Identification characteristics of non-smoking tobacco products

Modern trends in the reduction of cigarette consumption have led to spread smokeless tobacco and non-tobacco nicotine-containing products [1]; their variety creates certain problems with identification this segment. Sucking (snus) has been banned Russian Federation for wholesale retail trade since 2015, but it is a product similar chew- ing packaging, ingredient composition physiological effects. Therefore, establishing characteristics chewing an urgent task. The attitude towards controversial. absence smoldering / burning process characteristic cigarettes indicates decrease harmful effect on human body. At same time, ef- fect consumer based nicotine extracted from through oral mucosa. Consumer indicators samples investigated: moisture content, fractional content. content non-smoking ranges 19,0 % 36,5 %. investigated 0,3–2,4 1,0–8,8 respectively. To establish signs following methods used: fractionation, optical microscopy, spectrophotometry, liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LCMS MS). main feature difference between determined – presence composition, confirmed by structure specific nitrosamines. As result research, experimental data were obtained quantitative determination nitrosamines LCMS MS method products. established: raw coarse fraction at least 15