Abstract:The moisture content of reconstituted tobacco (RT) and moisture content in mainstream smoke can influence its physical properties, processing characteristics, combustion, flavor and sensory quality. There were plenty of studies on equilibrium moisture content (EMC) of natural tobacco, but there was a lack of system study on EMC of RT. To solve the problem, the physical structure, chemical components of RT were determined, and then the correlation between them and EMC was established by simple correlation analysis ofSPSS. Correlation analysis showed that remarkable negative correlation was found between EMC and the content of calcium carbonate, ash, but the potassium, chlorine, pectin showed positive correlation to EMC, while other components showed less correlation.