ISO/DIS 3308

Cigarettes — Routine analytical cigarette-smoking machine — Definitions and standard conditions with a standard smoking regime

General information

40.99   Full report circulated: DIS approved for registration as FDIS   Aug 3, 2026

ISO

ISO/TC 126 Tobacco and tobacco products

International Standard

65.160   Tobacco, tobacco products and related equipment

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

PUBLISHED
ISO 3308:2012

NOW

IN_DEVELOPMENT
ISO/DIS 3308
40.99 Full report circulated: DIS approved for registration as FDIS
Aug 3, 2026