BS ISO 21330:2018

This standard BS ISO 21330:2018 Cigarettes. Determination of selected volatile organic compounds in the mainstream smoke of cigarettes. Method using GC/MS is classified in these ICS categories:

• 65.160 Tobacco, tobacco products and related equipment

This document specifies a method for the quantification of selected volatile organic compounds (VOCs: 1,3-butadiene, isoprene, acrylonitrile, benzene and toluene) by GC-MS in mainstream cigarette smoke using ISO 3308 smoking parameters.

This method is applicable to cigarettes with nicotine-free dry particulate matter (NFDPM) yields between 1 mg/cigarette and 15 mg/cigarette.