Our Tobacco Ingredients by Brand list identifies principal and flavor ingredients that are either commonly known or added to tobacco at levels of 0.1% or more of the weight of the tobacco rod (the column of tobacco in each cigarette) for our cigarettes sold in the U.S.
The ingredients in the Tobacco Ingredients by Brand list are identified in descending order by weight.
Marlboro Lights Kings Filter Soft Pack
Tobacco
Water
Sugars (Sucrose and/or Invert Sugar and/or High Fructose Corn Syrup)
Propylene Glycol
Glycerol
Licorice Extract
Diammonium Phosphate
Ammonium Hydroxide
Carob Bean and Extract
Cocoa and Cocoa Products
Natural and Artificial Flavors
There are other ingredients added to tobacco at levels less than 0.1% in PM USA cigarettes, including the natural and artificial flavors that give each brand its unique characteristics (the brand recipe), as well as ingredients in the non-tobacco components. Please see the View Tobacco Ingredients for All PM USA Brands tab at the top and the View Non-Tobacco Component Ingredients for All PM USA Brands tab for composite lists that include such additional ingredients.
1 ACETANISOLE 0.0001 Flavor
2 ACETIC ACID 0.01 Flavor
3 ACETOPHENONE 0.0001 Flavor
4 AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE 0.3 Flavor
Processing Aid
5 BENZALDEHYDE 0.0001 Flavor
6 BENZOIN, RESINOID 0.005 Flavor
7 BENZYL ALCOHOL 0.05 Flavor
8 BERGAMOT OIL 0.001 Flavor
9 BORNYL ACETATE 0.0001 Flavor
10 BUTYRIC ACID 0.0001 Flavor
11 CARDAMOM SEED OIL 0.0001 Flavor
12 CAROB BEAN AND EXTRACT 0.2 Flavor
13 CELERY SEED OIL 0.0001 Flavor
14 CELLULOSE 3.1 Strengthener
15 CHAMOMILE FLOWER, ROMAN, EXTRACT AND OIL 0.005 Flavor
16 CINNAMALDEHYDE 0.005 Flavor
17 CINNAMYL ALCOHOL 0.0001 Flavor
18 CITRAL 0.0001 Flavor
19 CITRIC ACID 0.0001 Flavor
20 D,L-CITRONELLOL 0.0001 Flavor
21 COCOA AND COCOA PRODUCTS 1.2 Flavor
22 COFFEE EXTRACT 0.005 Flavor
23 COGNAC, GREEN, OIL 0.0001 Flavor
24 CORIANDER OIL 0.0005 Flavor
25 DAVANA OIL 0.0001 Flavor
26 DELTA-DECALACTONE 0.0001 Flavor
27 GAMMA-DECALACTONE 0.0001 Flavor
28 DECANOIC ACID 0.0001 Flavor
29 DIACETYL 0.0001 Flavor
30 DIAMMONIUM PHOSPHATE 0.7 Flavor
Processing Aid
31 2,3-DIETHYLPYRAZINE 0.0001 Flavor
32 DILL OIL 0.0001 Flavor
33 6,10-DIMETHYL-5,9- UNDECADIEN-2-ONE 0.0001 Flavor
34 2,5-DIMETHYLPYRAZINE 0.0001 Flavor
35 ETHYL ACETATE 0.005 Flavor
36 ETHYL HEXANOATE 0.005 Flavor
37 ETHYL ISOVALERATE 0.0001 Flavor
38 ETHYL LACTATE 0.0001 Flavor
39 ETHYL MALTOL 0.0001 Flavor
40 ETHYL OCTANOATE 0.0001 Flavor
41 ETHYL PHENYLACETATE 0.0001 Flavor
42 ETHYL PROPIONATE 0.0005 Flavor
43 ETHYL VANILLIN 0.005 Flavor
44 5-ETHYL-3-HYDROXY-4- METHYL-2(5H)-FURANONE 0.0001 Flavor
45 FENUGREEK EXTRACT 0.001 Flavor
46 GERANIOL 0.0001 Flavor
47 GERANIUM ROSE OIL 0.0001 Flavor
48 GLYCEROL 7.1 Humectant
49 2-HEPTANONE 0.0005 Flavor
50 HEXANOIC ACID 0.0001 Flavor
51 HEXYL ACETATE 0.0001 Flavor
52 4-(PARA-HYDROXYPHENYL)-2- BUTANONE 0.0001 Flavor
53 IMMORTELLE EXTRACT 0.0001 Flavor
54 ALPHA-IONONE 0.0001 Flavor
55 ISOAMYL ACETATE 0.001 Flavor
56 ISOAMYL BUTYRATE 0.0001 Flavor
57 ISOAMYL FORMATE 0.001 Flavor
58 ISOAMYL HEXANOATE 0.0001 Flavor
59 ISOAMYL ISOVALERATE 0.0005 Flavor
60 ISOAMYL PHENYLACETATE 0.0001 Flavor
61 ISOBUTYRIC ACID 0.0005 Flavor
62 ISOVALERIC ACID 0.0001 Flavor
63 LICORICE EXTRACT 0.9 Flavor
64 LIME OIL 0.0005 Flavor
65 LINALOOL 0.0001 Flavor
66 LOVAGE EXTRACT 0.01 Flavor
67 MALTOL 0.005 Flavor
68 MATE ABSOLUTE 0.001 Flavor
69 L-MENTHOL 2.0 Flavor
70 PARA-METHOXYBENZALDEHYDE 0.001 Flavor
71 METHYL ISOVALERATE 0.0001 Flavor
72 4'-METHYLACETOPHENONE 0.0005 Flavor
73 3-METHYLBUTYRALDEHYDE 0.005 Flavor
74 2-METHYLBUTYRIC ACID 0.0001 Flavor
75 METHYLCYCLOPENTENOLONE 0.005 Flavor
76 MIMOSA ABSOLUTE 0.0001 Flavor
77 MOUNTAIN MAPLE EXTRACT SOLID 0.01 Flavor
78 GAMMA-NONALACTONE 0.0001 Flavor
79 OAKMOSS ABSOLUTE 0.001 Flavor
80 GAMMA-OCTALACTONE 0.0005 Flavor
81 OPOPONAX OIL 0.0005 Flavor
82 ORANGE OIL, SWEET 0.005 Flavor
83 ORRIS ROOT EXTRACT 0.005 Flavor
84 PECTIN 0.7 Binder
85 PEPPERMINT OIL 0.01 Flavor
86 PHENETHYL ALCOHOL 0.0001 Flavor
87 PHENETHYL PHENYLACETATE 0.005 Flavor
88 PHENYLACETIC ACID 0.0005 Flavor
89 PIPERONAL 0.0005 Flavor
90 POTASSIUM SORBATE 0.05 Preservative
91 PROPENYLGUAETHOL 0.0001 Flavor
92 PROPYL PARA-HYDROXYBENZOATE 0.05 Preservative
93 PROPYLENE GLYCOL 2.5 Humectant
94 RHODINOL 0.0001 Flavor
95 ROSE OIL, BULGARIAN, TRUE OTTO 0.0001 Flavor
96 RUM 0.05 Flavor
97 SAGE OLEORESIN 0.0005 Flavor
98 SCLAREOLIDE 0.001 Flavor
99 STORAX 0.0001 Flavor
100 STYRAX EXTRACT 0.0001 Flavor
101 SUGAR: HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP 42% 2.8 Flavor
Humectant
102 SUGAR: INVERT SUGAR 0.05 Flavor
Humectant
103 SUGAR: SUCROSE 3.6 Flavor
Humectant
104 TANGERINE OIL 0.0005 Flavor
105 ALPHA-TERPINEOL 0.0001 Flavor
106 2,3,5,6-TETRAMETHYLPYRAZINE 0.001 Flavor
107 TOLUALDEHYDES (MIXED O,M,P) 0.0005 Flavor
108 PARA-TOLYL ACETATE 0.0001 Flavor
109 4-(2,6,6-TRIMETHYL CYCLOHEX-1-ENYL) BUT-2-EN-4-ONE 0.0001 Flavor
110 2,3,5-TRIMETHYLPYRAZINE 0.0001 Flavor
111 GAMMA-UNDECALACTONE 0.0001 Flavor
112 VALERIAN ROOT EXTRACT 0.01 Flavor
113 VANILLA BEAN EXTRACT (EXTRACTIVES) 0.001 Flavor
114 VANILLIN 0.05 Flavor
115 WATER 15.0 Moisturizer
Processing Aid
PROCESSING AIDS:
CARBON DIOXIDE
ETHYL ALCOHOL Processing Aids
CIGARETTE PAPERS> CELLULOSE 7.4
CALCIUM CARBONATE 3.8
MONOPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE 1.4
AMMONIUM MAGNESIUM PHOSPHATE 1.0
POTASSIUM CITRATE 0.2
SODIUM CITRATE 0.2
GUAR GUM, DEPOLYMERIZED 0.1
HERCON 70 0.1
CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE 0.05
GUAR GUM 0.01
SIDESEAM ADHESIVES> ETHYLENE/VINYL ACETATE, COPOLYMER EMULSION IN WATER 0.3
POLYVINYL ACETATE 0.3
STARCHES AND/OR MODIFIED STARCHES 0.05
VINYL ALCOHOL-VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMER 0.05
DIETHYLENE GLYCOL, DIBENZOATE 0.01
DIPROPYLENE GLYCOL DIBENZOATE 0.01
POLYVINYL ALCOHOL 0.005
POLYVINYL ALCOHOL BORIC ACID COMPLEX 0.005
TRIACETIN 0.005
MICROCRYSTALLINE HYDROCARBON WAX 0.0001
PROCESSING AIDS (DEFOAMER, PRESERVATIVE, WATER)
MONOGRAM INKS> IRON OXIDE BLACK 0.005
LINSEED OIL, POLYMER W/ MENHADEN OIL 0.005
LINSEED VARNISH 0.005
PIGMENT YELLOW 14 0.005
CARBON BLACK 0.001
PIGMENT BLUE 15 0.001
PIGMENT BLUE 27 0.001
ALKYD RESIN 0.0005
C.I. BASIC VIOLET 1, MOLYBDATEPHOSPHATE 0.0005
C.I. PIGMENT RED 53, BARIUM SALT 0.0005
C.I. PIGMENT RED 57, CALCIUM SALT 0.0005
LINSEED OIL 0.0005
LINSEED OIL, POLYMER W/ ISOPHTHALIC ACID AND PENTAERYTHRITOL 0.0005
MALEIC RESIN 0.0005
ORGANOPHILIC CLAY 0.0005
PARAFFIN OIL 0.0005
PIGMENT RED 170:1 0.0005
PIGMENT WHITE 18 0.0005
PIGMENT YELLOW 42 0.0005
RESIN 0.0005
ROSIN ESTER 0.0005
SMA RHODAMINE B PIGMENT VIOLET #2 0.0005
SOYBEAN OIL 0.0005
SYNTHETIC TREATED SILICA 0.0005
WHITE MINERAL OIL 0.0005
ALUMINUM ISOPROPOXIDE 0.0001
LECITHIN 0.0001
PETROLEUM DISTILLATES, HYDROTREATED MIDDLE 0.0001
PIGMENT GREEN 7 0.0001
PIGMENT VIOLET 19 0.0001
SOYBEAN OIL, POLYMER W/ ISOPHTHALIC ACID AND PENTAERYTHRITOL 0.0001
TOCOPHEROL FRACTION OF VEGETABLE OILS 0.0001
VEGETABLE OIL 0.0001
PROCESSING AIDS (ANTIOXIDANT, SOLVENT)
FILTRATION MATERIALS> CELLULOSE ACETATE 27.2
CELLULOSE 14.7
CARBON 5.4
TRIACETIN 3.4
POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL 200 2.8
TITANIUM DIOXIDE 0.2
TALC 0.1
PROCESSING AIDS (FINISHING OIL)
FILTER PAPERS (including PLUG WRAPS, TIPPING PAPERS and TIPPING PAPER INKS)> CELLULOSE 3.3
CALCIUM CARBONATE 1.3
POLYVINYL ACETATE 0.8
ALUMINUM 0.5
TITANIUM DIOXIDE 0.5
PIGMENT YELLOW 42 0.2
POLYVINYL ALCOHOL 0.2
STARCHES AND/OR MODIFIED STARCHES 0.2
NITROCELLULOSE 0.1
TALC 0.1
COPPER 0.05
DIBUTYL PHTHALATE 0.05
GLYOXAL 0.05
HYDROGENATED METHYL ESTERS OF RESIN AND ROSIN ACIDS 0.05
IRON OXIDE BLACK 0.05
MALEIC RESIN 0.05
PIGMENT BLUE 15 0.05
PIGMENT RED 101 0.05
TRIACETIN 0.05
VINYL ALCOHOL-VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMER 0.05
ZINC 0.05
ZINC SULFIDE 0.05
ACETATE PROPANOATE CELLULOSE 0.01
BORIC ACID 0.01
CLAY 0.01
PIGMENT YELLOW 17 0.01
AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RESIN 0.005
C.I. ACID YELLOW 23, TRISODIUM SALT 0.005
C.I. FOOD YELLOW 3, DISODIUM SALT 0.005
DI-2- ETHYLHEXYLSULFOSUCCINATE 0.005
GUAR GUM 0.005
PARAFFIN 0.005
PIGMENT GREEN 36 0.005
PIGMENT ORANGE 5 0.005
PIGMENT RED 48:2 0.005
PIGMENT VIOLET 23 0.005
PIGMENT YELLOW 83 0.005
POLYETHYLENE 0.005
POLYSTYRENE 0.005
POTASSIUM CITRATE 0.005
SODIUM ACETATE 0.005
SODIUM CITRATE 0.005
1,2-BENZENEDICARBOXYLIC ACID, DIHEPTYL ESTER, BRANCHED AND LINEAR 0.001
1,2-BENZENEDICARBOXYLIC ACID, DIONYL ESTER, BRANCHED AND LINEAR 0.001
1,2-BENZENEDICARBOXYLIC ACID, HEPTYL NONYL ESTER, BRANCHED AND LINEAR 0.001
OCTADECANOIC ACID 0.001
PIGMENT RED 22 0.001
SODIUM BICARBONATE 0.001
ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE 0.0005
SILICA AMORPHOUS GEL 0.0005
C. I. ACID BLACK 2 0.0001
C.I. DIRECT RED 81, SODIUM SALT 0.0001
C.I. DIRECT RED 81, TEA-97 SALT 0.0001
C.I. DIRECT YELLOW 11, LITHIUM SALT 0.0001
PIGMENT RED 49:2 0.0001
FILTER ADHESIVES> ETHYLENE/VINYL ACETATE, COPOLYMER EMULSION IN WATER 1.2
DIETHYLENE GLYCOL, DIBENZOATE 0.2
DIPROPYLENE GLYCOL DIBENZOATE 0.2
POLYVINYL ALCOHOL 0.1
VINYL ALCOHOL-VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMER 0.1
ALPHA METHYL STYRENE POLYMER 0.05
HYDROCARBON RESIN -HYDROCARBONS, C6-20, POLYMERS, HYDROGENATED 0.05
HYDROCARBON RESIN-ETHENYLBENZENE, COPOLYMER WITH (1-METHYLETHENYL) BENZENE 0.05
MICROCRYSTALLINE HYDROCARBON WAX 0.05
MICROCRYSTALLINE WAX 0.05
PARAFFIN WAX 0.05
POLYETHYLENE 0.05
POLYVINYL ACETATE 0.05
POLYVINYL ALCOHOL BORIC ACID COMPLEX 0.05
STYRENE, LIMONENE COPOLYMER 0.05
TRIACETIN 0.05
BORIC ACID 0.005
PROCESSING AIDS (ANTIOXIDANT, DEFOAMER, PRESERVATIVE, WATER) |
