ISO 20773:2013

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 20773:2013

Publication date:   Sep 10, 2013

Scope

ISO 20773:2013 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 ISO 3308 smoking parameters (puff volume, duration and frequency) and butt length, but it is technically compatible with other smoking regimes.