From: anne@tobaccodocuments.org
Date: Mon, 04/14/08
Posting Date: Monday, April 14, 2008
REST Process Engineering.
Document Date: 1990
Length: 3 pages
Bates No. 508102177-508102179
URL of this Posting: http://tobaccodocuments.org/landman/
508102177-2179.html
Document Images: http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/rlq93d00
R.J. Reynolds' "REST Process" is a chemical method for manipulating
the amount of nicotine in tobacco.
REST is an acronym that stands for "Reestablishment (or
'Restoration') of Solubles within Tobacco." The process apparently
rose out of RJR's "Controlled Nicotine Project." The goal of the
Controlled Nicotine project was to create a low-cost way to improve
tobacco while providing tobaccos with specific nicotine levels. RJR
scientist Barry Smith Fagg worked on the overall project, called the
"REST Controlled Nicotine Project."
The REST Process allowed RJR to "engineer processes to meet business
objectives" by using lower-cost tobaccos and providing product
consistency while manipulating nicotine delivery to the smoker's
body. The REST Process allowed separate chemical manipulation of both
solubles and insolubles within tobacco.
Another stated goal of RJR's Controlled Nicotine Project, was "To
develop a viable process for the total control of nicotine in
product, in conjunction with the 'REST' process, without affecting
smoking performance other than attributes connected to nicotine."
Basic development and process specifications were planned to be
completed by the end of 1991.
This RJR report abut the project states the goal of the Controlled
Nicotine Process":
"We are basically in the nicotine business. It is in the best long
term interest for RJR to be able to control and effectively utilize
every pound of nicotine we purchase. Effective control of nicotine in
our products should equate to a significant product performance and
cost advantage."
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Fields
Company
R.J. Reynolds
Author
Unknown
Recipient
Presumed corporate recipient, R.J. Reynolds
Region
United States
Type
Report
Subject
nicotine
chemical manipulation
cigarette design
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