Sec. 13. (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.

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