The term “tobacco product” means any product made or derived from tobacco that is intended for human consumption. (https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?fr=1140.3). As of April 14, 2022, products containing non-tobacco nicotine (NTN)—that is, nicotine not made or derived from tobacco, such as synthetic nicotine must ensure compliance with applicable requirements under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act). (https://www.fda.gov/tobacco-products/ctp-newsroom/requirements-products-made-non-tobacco-nicotine-take-effect-april-14)
Descriptions of tobacco products are key aspects of tobacco research which is used to as it is necessary to assess how the product will affect individual and public health. Tobacco products may be characterized by their ingredients, additives, and constituents, design, and stability.
Examples pertaining to stability studies, design parameters, HPHCs, and ingredients, additives and constituents shown in this section all make use of the Tobacco Product Testing (TT) domain. Records are distinguished by the value of the variable TTCAT (Category). Populating this variable as shown in the examples is important for creating subsets of this dataset, which will be very large.