Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 105 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH › Title 105 CMR 660.000 - CIGARETTE AND SMOKELESS TOBACCO PRODUCTS: REPORTS OF ADDED CONSTITUENTS AND NICOTINE RATINGS › Section 660.500 - Testing Methods

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(A)
Sampling and Conditioning
. Conditioning for testing of
			 tobacco products shall be done in accordance with the International
			 Organization for Standardization (ISO), 3402, 3rd
			 edition, 1991- 07-01 entitled
Tobacco and Tobacco Products
-
Atmosphere for Conditioning and Testing.
Cigarettes
			 shall be sampled using international standard ISO § 243:98 (E) entitled
Cigarette
-
Sampling.
At a minimum, for each
			 brand sampled, 35 packages of cigarettes should be purchased from a
			 Massachusetts wholesaler at a single point in time, which shall be mailed or
			 delivered to the Department of Public Health from the point of purchase.
			 Smokeless tobacco products will follow the sampling protocol outlined in
Protocol for Analysis of Nicotine, Total Moisture, and pH in Smokeless
			 Tobacco Products.
(B)
Total Nicotine Content
. The protocol for measuring
			 nicotine content in cigarette and smokeless tobacco products and for moisture
			 content and pH in smokeless tobacco products is described in
Protocol
			 for Analysis of Nicotine, Total Moisture, and pH in Smokeless Tobacco
			 Products,
(or most recent amended version) announced in the Federal
			 Register of May 2,1997, volume 62, no. 85, pp. 24115-24116. In measuring
			 nicotine content, the cigarette manufacturer shall use the following sampling
			 method: two cigarettes shall be randomly selected from each pack and
			 conditioned, the tobacco rod split open, and the cigarette tobacco mixed
			 thoroughly before weighing. The minimum sample size shall be 100 grams of
			 tobacco. If the weight of the tobacco is less than 100 grams, additional
			 cigarettes shall be randomly selected from each pack.
(C) Percent Filter Tip Ventilation means the
			 level of air dilution in the whole smoke, as provided by the perforations made
			 in the cigarette filter tip, described in percent. This shall be measured using
			 the Filter Dilution (Ventilation) Testing Instrument (FDT) from Fidus
			 Instrument Corporation, product no. FDT232; or FIAL Tip and Envelope
			 Ventilation/Pressure Drop QTM5U machine; or equal approved by the Department,
			 and shall be used in accordance with manufacturer instructions. Two cigarettes
			 shall be randomly selected from each sampled pack, conditioned, and tested for
			 percent filter ventilation. The average percent filter ventilation shall be
			 computed for the 100 cigarettes tested.
(D)
Modified FTC Testing
			 Method
.
(1) Nicotine delivery
			 under average smoking conditions shall be evaluated using the Cambridge Method,
			 which has been approved by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as the standard
			 for nicotine testing since 1966, and adopted for international purposes by the
			 ISO.
See
Federal Register, Vol. 32, No. 147, page 11178, dated
			 August 1,1967, as modified by the FTC in Federal Register, Vol. 45, No. 134,
			 pages 46483-46487, dated July 10, 1980 ISO 10315, 91-08-01 entitled
Cigarette-Determination of Nicotine in Smoke Condensates-Gas
			 Chromatographic Method;
ISO 3308, 3rd
			 edition, 1991-10-15,
Routine Analytical Cigarette-smoking Machine -
			 Definitions of Standard Conditions;
and ISO 7201,
			 2nd edition, 1997-01-15,
Routine Analytical
			 Smoking Machine Additional Test Methods.
Two cigarettes shall be
			 randomly selected from each pack for a sample of 50 cigarettes.
(2) The Department has modified the FTC and
			 ISO conditions to require the following changes to the testing method:
(a) Puff volume as prescribed in the FTC
			 method and in the ISO 3308:4.3 shall be increased from 35 ml to 45
			 ml;
(b) Puff frequency as
			 prescribed in the FTC method and ISO 3308:4.4 shall be changed from one puff
			 each minute to one puff every 30 seconds;
(c) Puff duration shall remain at two
			 seconds;
(d) 50% of the ventilation
			 holes must be blocked by placing a strip of mylar adhesive tape, Scotch Brand
			 product no. 600 Transparent Tape (Acetate) or other method approved by the
			 Department. The tape shall be cut so that it covers 50% of the circumference
			 and is tightly secured from the end of the filter to the tipping overwrap
			 seam;
(e) Number of cigarettes
			 smoke per port shall be three, provided that the limit of 150 milligrams of tar
			 is not exceeded (see ISO 4387).