The valid CORESTA Recommended Methods are listed in the following table. The methods are available in PDF format *.
| REF. | TITLE |
DATE |
| N° 1 | Determination of Dithiocarbamates in Tobacco. | Nov. 1978 |
| N° 2 | Determination of Organochlorine Pesticide Residues on Tobacco. | May 1997 |
| N° 4 |
Determination of Maleic Hydrazide Residues in Tobacco. |
Sep. 1976 |
| N° 5 | Determination of Carbon Monoxide in the Mainstream Smoke of Cigarettes by Non-Dispersive Infrared Analysis. | Sep. 1993 |
| N° 6 | Measurement of Ventilation : Definitions and Measurement Principles. | Mar. 2000 |
| N° 7 | Determination of Nicotine in the Mainstream Smoke of Cigarettes by Gas Chromatographic Analysis. | Aug. 1991 |
| N° 8 | Determination of Water in the Mainstream Smoke of Cigarettes by Gas Chromatographic Analysis. | Aug. 1991 |
| N° 9 | Determination of Nicotine in Cigarette Filters by Gas Chromatographic Analysis. | Oct. 1989 |
| N° 12 | Determination of Alkaloids in Cigarette Smoke Condensate. | Sep. 1968 |
| N° 13 | Determination of Alkaloid Retention by Cigarette Filters. | Sep. 1968 |
| N° 15 | Cigarettes - Determination of Water in Smoke Condensates - Karl Fischer Method. | Mar. 1990 |
| N° 16 | Lamina Strip Particle Size Determination. | Jan. 1991 |
| N° 17 | Stem Content of Lamina Strips. | Jan. 1991 |
| N° 20 | Determination of Alkaloids in Manufactured Tobacco. | Sep. 1968 |
| CORESTA Report 1991-1
(amended June 2007) Determination of Repeatability and Reproducibility for the Measurement of Nicotine-free Dry Particulate Matter, Nicotine, Water, using CRMs 7, 8, 21, 22, 23 and 25. |
Aug. 1991 | |
| N° 21 | Atmosphere for Conditioning and Testing Tobacco and Tobacco Products. | Aug. 1991 |
| N° 22 | Routine Analytical Cigarette-Smoking Machine: Specifications, Definitions and Standard Conditions. | Aug. 1991 |
| N° 23 | Determination of Total and Nicotine-Free Dry
Particulate Matter using a Routine Analytical Cigarette-Smoking Machine. Determination of Total Particulate Matter and Preparation for Water and Nicotine Measurements. |
Aug. 1991 |
| N° 24 | Cigarettes - Sampling. | Aug. 1991 |
| N° 25 | Ambient Air-Flow Around Cigarettes in Routine Analytical Smoking Machines : Control and Monitoring. | Aug. 1991 |
| N° 30 | Determination of Residues of the Suckercide Flumetralin (Prime Plus, CGA-41065) on Tobacco. | Jun. 1991 |
| N° 31 | Determination of Residues of the Suckercide Pendimethalin (Accotab, Stomp) on
Tobacco. (CRMs 30-31-32 are gathered in a single PDF document) |
Jun. 1991 |
| N° 32 | Determination of Residues of the Suckercide Off-Shoot-T (N-alkanol mixture) on
Tobacco. (CRMs 30-31-32 are gathered in a single PDF document) |
Jun. 1991 |
| N° 33 | Determination of Acetate in Cigarette Paper. | Jan. 1993 |
| N° 34 | Determination of Citrate in Cigarette Paper. (CRMs 33-34-45 are gathered in a single PDF document) |
Jan. 1993 |
| N° 35 | Determination of Total Alkaloids (as Nicotine) in Tobacco by Continuous Flow Analysis. | Nov. 1994 |
| N° 36 | Determination of Nitrate in Tobacco by Continuous Flow Analysis. | Nov. 1994 |
| N° 37 | Determination of Reducing Substances in Tobacco by Continuous Flow Analysis. | Nov. 1994 |
| N° 38 | Determination of Reducing Carbohydrates in Tobacco by Continuous Flow Analysis. | Nov. 1994 |
| N° 39 | Determination of the Purity of Nicotine and Nicotine Salts by Gravimetric Analysis - Tungstosilicic Acid Method. | Nov. 1994 |
| N° 40 | Determination of Air Permeability of Materials used as Cigarette Papers, Filter Plug Wrap and Filter Joining Paper including Materials having an Oriented Permeable Zone. | Oct. 1994 |
| N° 41 | Determination of the Draw Resistance of Cigarettes and Filter Rods. (Second updated edition) | June 2007 |
| N° 42 | Atmosphere for Conditioning and Testing Fine-Cut Tobacco and Fine-Cut Smoking Articles. | Jun. 1997 |
| N° 43 | Fine-cut tobacco - Sampling. | Jun. 1997 |
| N° 45 | Determination of Phosphate in Cigarette
Paper. (CRMs 33-34-45 are gathered in a single PDF document) |
Jan. 1998 |
| N° 46 | Atmosphere for Conditioning and Testing Cigars of all Sizes and Shapes. | May 1998 |
| N° 47 | Cigars - Sampling. | Jan. 2000 |
| N° 50 | Environmental Tobacco Smoke - Determination of Nicotine and 3-ethenylpyridine in the Vapour Phase. | Jan. 2002 |
| N° 51 | Environmental Tobacco Smoke - Estimation of its Contribution to Respirable Suspended Particles - Determination of Particulate Matter by Ultraviolet Absorbance and by Fluorescence. | Jan. 2002 |
| N° 52 | Environmental Tobacco Smoke - Estimation of its Contribution to Respirable Suspended Particles - Method based on Solanesol Determination. | Jan. 2002 |
| N° 53 | Determination of Paper Wrapper Burn Speed. | May 2002 |
| N° 54 | Determination of Nicotine and Nicotine-Free Dry Particulate Matter in Sidestream Smoke using a Fishtail Chimney and a Routine Analytical/Linear Smoking Machine. | June 2002 |
| N° 55 | Determination of Carbon Monoxide in the Vapour Phase of Cigarette Sidestream Smoke using a Fishtail Chimney and a Routine Analytical/Linear Smoking Machine. | June 2002 |
| N° 56 | Determination of Water in Tobacco and Tobacco Products by Karl Fischer Method. | Dec. 2002 |
| N° 57 | Determination of Water in Tobacco and Tobacco Products by Gas Chromatographic Analysis. | Dec. 2002 |
| N° 58 | Determination of Benzo[a]pyrene in Cigarette Mainstream Smoke - Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Method | Feb. 2004 |
| N° 59 | Determination of Triacetin in Filter Rods by Gas Chromatographic Analysis | June 2004 |
| N° 60 | Determination of 1,2-Propylene Glycol and Glycerol in Tobacco and Tobacco Products by Gas Chromatography | Feb. 2005 |
| N° 61 | Determination of 1,2-Propylene Glycol, Glycerol and Sorbitol in Tobacco and Tobacco Products by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) | Feb. 2005 |
| N° 62 | Determination of Nicotine in Tobacco and Tobacco Products by Gas Chromatographic Analysis | Feb. 2005 |
| N° 63 | Determination of Tobacco Specific Nitrosamines in Cigarette Mainstream Smoke - GC-TEA Method | June 2005 |
| N° 64 | Routine Analytical Cigar-Smoking Machine - Specifications, Definitions and Standard Conditions | Nov. 2005 |
| N° 65 |
Determination of Total and Nicotine-Free Dry Particulate Matter using a Routine Analytical Cigar-Smoking Machine – Determination of Total Particulate Matter and Preparation for Water and Nicotine Measurements |
June 2007 |
| N° 66 | Determination of Nicotine in the Mainstream Smoke of Cigars by Gas Chromatographic Analysis | Nov. 2005 |
| N° 67 | Determination of Water in the Mainstream Smoke of Cigars by Gas Chromatographic Analysis | Nov. 2005 |
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