§ 22-14-7-13 — Cigarette testing

(a) Testing of cigarettes must be conducted
according to the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM)
standard E2187-04, Standard Test Method for Measuring the Ignition
Strength of Cigarettes.
(b) Testing must be conducted on ten (10) layers of filter paper.
(c) Not more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the cigarettes tested
in a test trial under this section may exhibit full length burns. Forty (40)
replicate tests comprise a complete test trial for each cigarette tested.
(d) The performance standard required by this section may be
applied only to a complete test trial.
(e) Written certifications must be based upon testing conducted by
a laboratory that has been accredited under standard ISO/IEC 17025 of
the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) or other
comparable accreditation standard required by the state fire marshal.
(f) Laboratories conducting testing under this section must
implement a quality control and quality assurance program that
includes a procedure that will determine the repeatability of the testing
results. The repeatability value may not be greater than nineteen
hundredths (0.19).
(g) This section does not require additional testing if cigarettes are
tested consistent with this chapter for any other purpose.
(h) Testing performed or sponsored by the state fire marshal to
determine a cigarette's compliance with the required performance
standard must be conducted according to this section.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.82-2008, SEC.1.