Harmful and Potentially Harmful Constituents in Tobacco Products and Tobacco Smoke: Established List
April 2012
Harmful and Potentially Harmful Constituents in Tobacco Products and Tobacco Smoke; Established List
FDA has established a list of harmful and potentially harmful constituents (HPHCs) in tobacco products and tobacco smoke (the established HPHC list) as required by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the FD&C Act).
The established list of 93 HPHCs is included in the notice and in the table below.
Table 1.--Established List of the Chemicals and Chemical Compounds Identified by FDA as Harmful and Potentially Harmful Constituents in Tobacco Products and Tobacco Smoke |
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Constituent | Carcinogen (CA), Respiratory Toxicant (RT), Cardiovascular Toxicant (CT), Reproductive or Developmental Toxicant (RDT), Addictive (AD) |
Acetaldehyde |
CA, RT, AD |
Acetamide |
CA |
Acetone |
RT |
Acrolein |
RT, CT |
Acrylamide |
CA |
Acrylonitrile |
CA, RT |
Aflatoxin B1 |
CA |
4-Aminobiphenyl |
CA |
1-Aminonaphthalene |
CA |
2-Aminonaphthalene |
CA |
Ammonia |
RT |
Anabasine |
AD |
o-Anisidine |
CA |
Arsenic |
CA, CT, RDT |
A-α-C (2-Amino-9H-pyrido[2,3-b]indole) |
CA |
Benz[a]anthracene |
CA, CT |
Benz[j]aceanthrylene |
CA |
Benzene |
CA, CT, RDT |
Benzo[b]fluoranthene |
CA, CT |
Benzo[k]fluoranthene |
CA, CT |
Benzo[b]furan |
CA |
Benzo[a]pyrene |
CA |
Benzo[c]phenanthrene |
CA |
Beryllium |
CA |
1,3-Butadiene |
CA, RT, RDT |
Cadmium |
CA, RT, RDT |
Caffeic acid |
CA |
Carbon monoxide |
RDT |
Catechol |
CA |
Chlorinated dioxins/furans |
CA, RDT |
Chromium |
CA, RT, RDT |
Chrysene |
CA, CT |
Cobalt |
CA, CT |
Coumarin |
Banned in food |
Cresols (o-, m-, and p-cresol) |
CA, RT |
Crotonaldehyde |
CA |
Cyclopenta[c,d]pyrene |
CA |
Dibenz[a,h]anthracene |
CA |
Dibenzo[a,e]pyrene |
CA |
Dibenzo[a,h]pyrene |
CA |
Dibenzo[a,i]pyrene |
CA |
Dibenzo[a,l]pyrene |
CA |
2,6-Dimethylaniline |
CA |
Ethyl carbamate (urethane) |
CA, RDT |
Ethylbenzene |
CA |
Ethylene oxide |
CA, RT, RDT |
Formaldehyde |
CA, RT |
Furan |
CA |
Glu-P-1 (2-Amino-6-methyldipyrido[1,2-a:3',2'-d]imidazole) |
CA |
Glu-P-2 (2-Aminodipyrido[1,2-a:3',2'-d]imidazole) |
CA |
Hydrazine |
CA, RT |
Hydrogen cyanide |
RT, CT |
Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene |
CA |
IQ (2-Amino-3-methylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoline) |
CA |
Isoprene |
CA |
Lead |
CA, CT, RDT |
MeA-α-C (2-Amino-3-methyl)-9H-pyrido[2,3-b]indole) |
CA |
Mercury |
CA, RDT |
Methyl ethyl ketone |
RT |
5-Methylchrysene |
CA |
4-(Methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK) |
CA |
Naphthalene |
CA, RT |
Nickel |
CA, RT |
Nicotine |
RDT, AD |
Nitrobenzene |
CA, RT, RDT |
Nitromethane |
CA |
2-Nitropropane |
CA |
N-Nitrosodiethanolamine (NDELA) |
CA |
N-Nitrosodiethylamine |
CA |
N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) |
CA |
N-Nitrosomethylethylamine |
CA |
N-Nitrosomorpholine (NMOR) |
CA |
N-Nitrosonornicotine (NNN) |
CA |
N-Nitrosopiperidine (NPIP) |
CA |
N-Nitrosopyrrolidine (NPYR) |
CA |
N-Nitrososarcosine (NSAR) |
CA |
Nornicotine |
AD |
Phenol |
RT, CT |
PhIP (2-Amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine) |
CA |
Polonium-210 |
CA |
Propionaldehyde |
RT, CT |
Propylene oxide |
CA, RT |
Quinoline |
CA |
Selenium |
RT |
Styrene |
CA |
o-Toluidine |
CA |
Toluene |
RT, RDT |
Trp-P-1 (3-Amino-1,4-dimethyl-5H-pyrido[4,3-b]indole) |
CA |
Trp-P-2 (1-Methyl-3-amino-5H-pyrido[4,3-b]indole ) |
CA |
Uranium-235 |
CA, RT |
Uranium-238 |
CA, RT |
Vinyl acetate |
CA, RT |
Vinyl chloride |
CA |