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2019 Collaborative Study of CORESTA Monitor 9 (CM9) for the Determination of Test Piece Weight, TPM, Water, Nicotine, NFDPM, Carbon Monoxide and Puff Count Obtained under Mainstream ‘ISO’ and ‘Intense’ Smoking Regimes

RAC Technical Report

August 2020 Ref. RAC-224-CTR

The CORESTA Routine Analytical Chemistry Sub-Group has been given the responsibility to organize the annual testing of the CORESTA Monitor test piece.

The 2019 study was designed:

to measure mainstream ISO (ISO 3308) and ISO Intense (ISO 20778) smoke yields of nicotine-free dry particulate matter (NFDPM), nicotine (NIC) and carbon monoxide (CO) to verify the current monitor test piece CM9
to determine intra- and inter-laboratory variability for the measured ISO and ISO Intense smoke yields for the CM9
to verify the conditioned weight for the CM9

The analytical results for the CM9 test piece lead to the conclusion that they can be used as monitor test pieces in smoke analysis.

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Report - 2023 Collaborative Study of CORESTA Monitor 9 (CM9) and the Evaluation of a Potential Successor, CORESTA Monitor 10 (CM10) for the Determination of Test Piece Weight, TPM, Water, Nicotine, NFDPM, Carbon Monoxide and Puff Count obtained in Mainstream Smoke under ISO 3308 and ISO 20778, respective Health Canada T-115 Conditions (March 2024)

Report - 2022 Collaborative Study of CORESTA Monitor 9 (CM9) for the Determination of Test Piece Weight, TPM, Water, Nicotine, NFDPM, Carbon Monoxide and Puff Count Obtained under Mainstream ‘Non-Intense’ and ‘Intense’ Smoking Regimes (February 2023)

Report - 2021 Collaborative Study of CORESTA Monitor 9 (CM9) for the Determination of Test Piece Weight, TPM, Water, Nicotine, NFDPM, Carbon Monoxide and Puff Count Obtained under Mainstream ‘Non-Intense’ and ‘Intense’ Smoking Regimes (March 2022)

Report - 2020 Collaborative Study of CORESTA Monitor 9 (CM9) for the Determination of Test Piece Weight, TPM, Water, Nicotine, NFDPM, Carbon Monoxide and Puff Count Obtained under Mainstream ‘Non-Intense’ and ‘Intense’ Smoking Regimes (August 2021)

Report - 2018 Collaborative Study of CORESTA Monitor 8 (CM8) and 9 (CM9) for the Determination of Test Piece Weight, TPM, Water, Nicotine, NFDPM, Carbon Monoxide and Puff Count Obtained under Mainstream ‘ISO’ and ‘Intense’ Smoking Regimes (February 2019)

Report - 2017 Collaborative Study of CORESTA Monitor 8 (CM8) for the Determination of Test Piece Weight, TPM, Water, Nicotine, NFDPM, Carbon Monoxide and Puff Count Obtained under Mainstream ‘ISO’ and ‘Intense’ Smoking Regimes (November 2017)

Guide 8 - CORESTA Monitor Test Piece Production and Evaluation Requirements (December 2020)