CORESTA Reports

2010 Interlaboratory Proficiency Test (Cigarette and Filter Individual Weight, Diameter, Pressure Drop and Ventilation)
Physical Test Methods Sub-Group
Technical Report - July 2011

2009 Collaborative Study on Menthol in Mainstream Total Particulate Matter
Routine Analytical Chemistry Sub-Group
Technical Report - May 2011

2009 Collaborative Study on Ammonia in Tobacco Using Ion Chromatography Analysis
Routine Analytical Chemistry Sub-Group
Technical Report - May 2011

Determination of Selected Volatiles in Cigarette Mainstream Smoke.  The CORESTA 2009 Collaborative Study and Recommended Method
Special Analytes Task Force

Full Report of 2009 Collaborative Study published in Beiträge zur Tabakforschung International/Contributions to Tobacco Research Volume 24 - No. 5 - May 2011

Hardness Measurement on Cigarettes and Cigarette Filter Rods
Physical Test Methods Sub-Group
Technical Report - March 2011

Determination of Selected Volatiles in Cigarette Mainstream Smoke.  The CORESTA 2008 Joint Experiment
Special Analytes Task Force
Full Report of 2008 Collaborative Study published in Beiträge zur Tabakforschung International/Contributions to Tobacco Research Volume 24 - No. 4 - January 2011

Collaborative Study of CORESTA Monitor #6 (CM6) for the Determination of Test Piece Weight, TPM, Water, Nicotine, NFDPM, Carbon Monoxide and Puff Count Obtained Under Mainstream “ISO” and “Intense” Smoking Regimes
Routine Analytical Chemistry Sub-Group
Final Report - 2010

Physical Properties of Special Filters
Physical Test Methods Sub-Group

Technical Report - November 2010

2008 Collaborative Study of the CORESTA Monitor Test Piece CM6 for the Determination of Nicotine, NFDPM, Carbon Monoxide and Carbon Dioxide in Sidestream Smoke
Routine Analytical Chemistry Sub-Group
Technical Report - August 2010

Review of CRM No. 9 (Determination of Nicotine in Cigarette Filters by GCA): Period of activities 2003-2007
Routine Analytical Chemistry Sub-Group
Technical Report - August 2010

MMPTM 2009 Interlaboratory Proficiency Test
Physical Test Methods Sub-Group
Final Report - August 2010

Determination of Aromatic Amines in Cigarette Mainstream Smoke.  The CORESTA 2007 Joint Experiment
Special Analytes Task Force

Full Report of 2007 Collaborative Study published in Beiträge zur Tabakforschung International/Contributions to Tobacco Research Volume 24 - No. 2 - July 2010

Report 2009 Collaborative Study - CSTS Working Group 2
Smokeless Tobacco Sub-Group
Final Report - July 2010

Smokeless Tobacco Glossary
Smokeless Tobacco Sub-Group
January 2010

Technical Report on 2007 Joint Experiment to Update Repeatability and Reproducibility Statistics for:
CRM 60 (Determination of 1,2-Propylene Glycol and Glycerol in Tobacco Products by GC);
CRM 61 (Determination of 1,2-Propylene Glycol and Glycerol in Tobacco Products by HPLC)

Routine Analytical Chemistry Sub-Group
Report - January 2010

Blue Mould Collaborative Experiment on Varieties 2009
Blue Mould Sub-Group
Final Report - 2009

Task Force Nicotine Uptake
Final Report - July 2009

Determination of "Hoffmann Analytes" in cigarette mainstream smoke.  The CORESTA 2006 Joint Experiment
Special Analytes Task Force
Full Report of 2006 Collaborative Study published in Beiträge zur Tabakforschung International/Contributions to Tobacco Research Volume 23 - No. 4 - May 2009

Technical Report - 2006 Collaborative Studies for Nicotine, Sugars and Nitrate in Tobacco
Routine Analytical Chemistry Sub-Group
Final Report - May 2008

Technical Report - 2004 and 2006 Collaborative Studies for Ammonia in Tobacco
Routine Analytical Chemistry Sub-Group
Final Report - May 2008

Task Force Harvest to Market Sanitation Practices Including Non Tobacco Related Materials (NTRM)
Final Report - September 2007

Task Force for the Determination of Total Triacetin in Charcoal Filters
Final Report - February 2007

Task Force Alternative Smoking Regimes
Final Report - July 2006

Report of the Tobacco Seed Integrity Task Force
Final Report - May 2005

Reports of the Task Force In Vitro Toxicity Testing of Tobacco Smoke
In Vitro exposure of cells to Smoke at the Air Liquid Interface
Interlaboratory Study of the In Vitro Toxicity of Particulate Matter from Four Cigarettes

The Rationale and Strategy for Conducting In Vitro Toxicology Testing of Tobacco Smoke
In-Vitro Toxicity Testing of Tobacco Smoke Task Force

Report - June 2004

Task Force on Sidestream Smoke - Review of Activities (2001-2002)
Report: September 2001 - September 2002

Task Force on Sidestream Smoke - Review of Activities (2000-2001)
Report: September 2000 - September 2001

Reports of the Task Force Genetically Modified Tobacco : Detection Methods
1999 Report: Part 1Part 2Part 3
Proficiency Testing Trials - May 2002
Proficiency Testing Trials using Real-Time PCR - July 2003

Report of the Task Force on Roll-Your-Own (Fine-Cut) Tobacco (1999) :
Part 1;   Part 2;   Part 3;   Part 4;   Part 5

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
CORESTA Report 1991-1
(amended June 2007)
Review of Smoking Methods Task Force

 

 

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