New Hampshire Revised Statutes 339-F:3 – Test Method
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I. Testing of cigarettes shall be conducted in accordance with the American Society of Testing and Materials (“ASTM”) standard E2187-04, “Standard Test Method for Measuring the Ignition Strength of Cigarettes.” The commissioner may adopt a subsequent ASTM Standard Test Method for Measuring the Ignition Strength of Cigarettes upon a finding that the subsequent method does not result in a change in the percentage of full-length burns exhibited by any tested cigarette when compared to the percentage of full-length burns the same cigarette would exhibit when tested in accordance with ASTM Standard E2187-04 and the performance standard in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 339-F:4.
II. Testing shall be conducted on 10 layers of filter paper.
III. Forty replicate tests shall comprise a complete test trial for each cigarette tested.
IV. The performance standard required by N.H. Rev. Stat. § 339-F:4 shall only be applied to a complete test trial.
V. Laboratories conducting testing in accordance with this section shall implement a quality control and quality assurance program that includes a procedure that will determine the repeatability of the testing results. The repeatability value shall be no greater than 0.19 pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 339-F:4.
VI. This section does not require additional testing if cigarettes are tested consistent with this chapter for any other purpose.
II. Testing shall be conducted on 10 layers of filter paper.
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III. Forty replicate tests shall comprise a complete test trial for each cigarette tested.
IV. The performance standard required by N.H. Rev. Stat. § 339-F:4 shall only be applied to a complete test trial.
V. Laboratories conducting testing in accordance with this section shall implement a quality control and quality assurance program that includes a procedure that will determine the repeatability of the testing results. The repeatability value shall be no greater than 0.19 pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 339-F:4.
VI. This section does not require additional testing if cigarettes are tested consistent with this chapter for any other purpose.