British Standards Institution

Sector: Sustainability

Overview: Under the direction of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee, is responsible for the UK input to ISO/TC 126, ISO/TC 126/SC 1 and ISO/TC 126/SC 2 for standards relating to tobacco and tobacco products.

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In Progress (16)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
ISO/NP 25214	Tobacco heating system — Assessment of the airtightness for the pack of heated tobacco product using a pumping method Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules Proposal begins : 2024-05-03	Proposal
BS ISO 7604	Cigarettes — Determination of metals (Pb, Cd and As) in cigarette mainstream smoke using ICP/MS Categories: Unclassified documents Proposal begins :	Proposal
BS ISO 6080:2024/Amd 1	ISO 6080:2024/DAmd 1 Tobacco heating systems. Vocabulary. Amendment 1 Categories: Agriculture \| Tobacco Public comment begins : 2025-06-06	Public comment
BS ISO 5622	ISO 5622 Tobacco heating system. Determination of carbon monoxide in the vapour phase of the aerosol (NDIR method). Electrically heated tobacco products (eHTPs) Categories: Tobacco Public comment begins : 2025-07-23	Public comment
BS ISO 25036	Cigarettes — Determination of mercury (Hg) in cigarette mainstream smoke with a smoking regime according to ISO 20778 (intense smoking regime) using atomic absorption spectrometer Categories: Unclassified documents Proposal begins :	Proposal
BS ISO 25035	Cigarettes — Determination of mercury (Hg) in cigarette mainstream smoke using atomic absorption spectrometer Categories: Unclassified documents Proposal begins :	Proposal
BS ISO 25034	Cigarettes — Determination of metals (Pb, Cd and As) in cigarette mainstream smoke with a smoking regime according to ISO 20778 (intense smoking regime) using ICP/MS Categories: Unclassified documents Proposal begins :	Proposal
BS ISO 24299	Cigarettes — Determination of the intrinsic biodegradability of post-consumer waste of tobacco containing cigarettes with filters in marine environments Categories: Unclassified documents Drafting begins : 2025-05-08	Drafting
BS ISO 24282	Cigarettes — Determination of the intrinsic biodegradability of post-consumer waste of tobacco containing cigarettes with filters in soil Categories: Unclassified documents Drafting begins : 2025-05-08	Drafting
BS ISO 23986	Tobacco heating systems- Determination of chemicals and components in the aerosol and consumables Categories: Unclassified documents Drafting begins : 2023-02-21	Drafting

Published (81)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD ISO/TS 3550-3:2015	Cigarettes. Determination of loss of tobacco from the ends. Method using a vibro-bench Categories: Tobacco Published standard begins : 2015-10-16	Published standard
PD ISO/TS 22492:2019	Water pipe tobacco products. Determination of carbon monoxide emission of glowing water pipe charcoal. NDIR method Categories: Tobacco Published standard begins : 2019-05-20	Published standard
PD ISO/TS 22491:2019	Water pipe tobacco. Determination of carbon monoxide in the vapour phase of water pipe tobacco smoke. NDIR method Categories: Tobacco Published standard begins : 2019-05-20	Published standard
PD ISO/TS 22487:2019	Water pipe tobacco. Determination of total collected matter and nicotine using a water pipe tobacco smoking machine Categories: Tobacco Published standard begins : 2019-05-20	Published standard
PD ISO/TR 22305:2008	Cigarettes. Measurement of nicotinefree dry particulate matter, nicotine, water and carbon monoxide in cigarette smoke. Analysis of data from collaborative studies reporting relationships between repeatability, reproducibility and tolerances Categories: Tobacco Published standard begins : 2008-12-22	Published standard
PD ISO/TR 19478-2:2015	ISO and Health Canada intense smoking parameters. Examination of factors contributing to variability in the routine measurement of TPM, water and NFDPM smoke yields of cigarettes Categories: Tobacco Published standard begins : 2015-08-18	Published standard
PD ISO/TR 19478-1:2014	ISO and Health Canada intense smoking parameters. Results of an international machine smoking study Categories: Tobacco Published standard begins : 2014-11-13	Published standard
PD ISO/TR 17219:2013	Review of human smoking behavior and recommendations for a new ISO standard for the machine smoking of cigarettes Categories: Tobacco Published standard begins : 2013-09-24	Published standard
DD ISO/TS 7821:2005	Tobacco and tobacco products. Preparation and constitution of identical samples from the same lot for collaborative studies for the evaluation of test methods Categories: Tobacco Published standard begins : 2005-11-22	Published standard
DD ISO/TS 22304:2008	Tobacco. Determination of tobacco specific nitrosamines. Method using alkaline dichloromethane extraction Categories: Tobacco Published standard begins : 2009-03-19	Published standard

Withdrawn (47)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
BS ISO 9512:2002	Cigarettes. Determination of ventilation. Definitions and measurement principles Categories: Tobacco Withdrawn begins : 2019-06-21	Withdrawn
BS ISO 8454:2007+A2:2019	Cigarettes. Determination of carbon monoxide in the vapour phase of cigarette smoke. NDIR method Categories: Tobacco Withdrawn begins : 2024-04-23	Withdrawn
BS ISO 8454:2007+A1:2009	Cigarettes. Determination of carbon monoxide in the vapour phase of cigarette smoke. NDIR method Categories: Tobacco Withdrawn begins : 2019-08-05	Withdrawn
BS ISO 8454:2007	Cigarettes. Determination of carbon monoxide in the vapour phase of cigarette smoke. NDIR method Categories: Tobacco Withdrawn begins : 2010-01-12	Withdrawn
BS ISO 8243:2006	Cigarettes. Sampling Categories: Tobacco Withdrawn begins : 2013-07-11	Withdrawn
BS ISO 8243:2003	Cigarettes. Sampling Categories: Tobacco Withdrawn begins : 2006-10-06	Withdrawn
BS ISO 7210:2013	Routine analytical cigarette-smoking machine. Additional test methods for machine verification Categories: Tobacco Withdrawn begins : 2018-10-11	Withdrawn
BS ISO 6565:2011	Tobacco and tobacco products. Draw resistance of cigarettes and pressure drop of filter rods. Standard conditions and measurement Categories: Tobacco Withdrawn begins : 2015-12-18	Withdrawn
BS ISO 6488:2004	Tobacco and tobacco products. Determination of water content. Karl Fischer method Categories: Tobacco Withdrawn begins : 2008-12-03	Withdrawn
BS ISO 4387:2000+A2:2017	Cigarettes. Determination of total and nicotine-free dry particulate matter using a routine analytical smoking machine Categories: Tobacco Withdrawn begins : 2019-09-17	Withdrawn

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AW/40 - Tobacco and tobacco products

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