ISO 3308:2012

Routine analytical cigarette-smoking machine — Definitions and standard conditions

Publication date:   Oct 15, 2012

General information

90.92   Standard to be revised   Jun 22, 2026

ISO

ISO/TC 126 Tobacco and tobacco products

International Standard

65.160   Tobacco, tobacco products and related equipment

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Scope

ISO 3308:2012:

defines smoking parameters and specifies the standard conditions to be provided for the routine analytical machine smoking of cigarettes;
specifies the requirements for a routine analytical smoking machine complying with the standard conditions.

Annex A specifies the ambient air velocities surrounding cigarettes in a routine analytical smoking machine, the mechanical design of the enclosures immediately surrounding them, and the methods of air velocity measurement including the location where air velocity is measured.
Annex B describes, as an example, the special characteristics of a typical smoking machine incorporating a piston type of puffing mechanism.
Annex C includes a diagram of a puff profile and illustrates definitions and standard conditions.

Life cycle

PREVIOUSLY

WITHDRAWN
ISO 3308:2000/Amd 1:2009

WITHDRAWN
ISO 3308:2000

NOW

PUBLISHED
ISO 3308:2012
90.92 Standard to be revised
Jun 22, 2026

REVISED BY

IN_DEVELOPMENT
ISO/DIS 3308