Quest is a cigarette

Cigarette

A cigarette is a small roll of finely cut tobacco leaves wrapped in a cylinder of thin paper for smoking. The cigarette is ignited at one end and allowed to smoulder; its smoke is inhaled from the other end, which is held in or to the mouth and in some cases a cigarette holder may be used as well...

 brand manufactured by Vector Tobacco, based in Mebane, North Carolina

Mebane, North Carolina

Mebane is a city located mostly in Alamance County, North Carolina, United States, with a part of it in Orange County, North Carolina. It is part of the Burlington, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. The current population estimate is 10,624. According to the , the town was named for...

. It is manufactured using genetically altered tobacco plants.
The product is available in three versions. Quest 1, Quest 2, and Quest 3.

Each version of the product contained a different amount of nicotine.

Quest 1 is reported to have of .6 mg of nicotine

Nicotine

Nicotine is an alkaloid found in the nightshade family of plants that constitutes approximately 0.6–3.0% of the dry weight of tobacco, with biosynthesis taking place in the roots and accumulation occurring in the leaves...

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Quest 2 is reported to have of .3 mg of nicotine.
Quest 3 is reported to have only trace amounts of nicotine (.05 mg).

Importantly, the manufacturer stresses that Quest cigarettes contained all of the unhealthy carcinogen

Carcinogen

A carcinogen is any substance, radionuclide, or radiation that is an agent directly involved in causing cancer. This may be due to the ability to damage the genome or to the disruption of cellular metabolic processes...

s and had the same side effects of a regular cigarette with the single exception of reduced nicotine levels.