ISO 20773:2007

Cigarettes — Determination of nicotine-free dry particulate matter and nicotine in sidestream smoke — Method using a routine analytical linear smoking machine equipped with a fishtail chimney ISO 20773:2007

Publication date:   May 4, 2007

Scope

ISO 20773:2007 is applicable to the determination of total particulate matter and to the subsequent determination of nicotine and nicotine-free dry particulate matter present in the sidestream smoke from cigarettes. The described method is specified using the smoking parameters of puff volume, duration and frequency plus butt length, but it is technically compatible with other smoking regimes.