Acronyms
Below is a list of acronyms commonly used by CORESTA. For ease of reference, a PDF document is also available for download.
List last updated 19 March 2021.
CORESTA specific terms are shown with a blue background. For ISO references, please consult the ISO Glossary of Terms.
| Acronym | Full name |
|---|---|
| a.s. / a.i. | active substance / active ingredient |
| AA | SG Agrochemical Analysis |
| AAs | Aromatic Amines |
| ACAC | Agrochemical Advisory Committee |
| ACM | Aerosol Collected Mass |
| ACPI | Advanced Configuration and Power Interface |
| AD | Anno Domini |
| ADI | Acceptable Daily Intake |
| AERD | Annual Effective Radiation Dose |
| AERET | Association Européenne pour la Recherche et l’Expérimentation Tabacole European Association for Research and Experimentation on Tobacco |
| AHG | Ad Hoc Group |
| AIR | Active Ingredients Registration |
| AITC | Allyl isothiocyanate |
| AKR | Aldo-Keto Reductase |
| ALARA | As Low As Reasonably Achievable |
| ALP | Agriculture Labour Practices |
| AMV | Alfalfa Mosaic Virus |
| ANPRM | Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
| AP | Agronomy & Leaf Integrity and Phytopathology & Genetics Study Groups |
| AP | Air Permeability |
| APS | American Phytopathological Society |
| APCI-MS | Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization Mass Spectroscopy |
| APIC | TF Agro-Phyto Information Collection |
| APRE | Average Prediction Relative Errors |
| APTI | Associazione Professionale di Trasformatori di Tabacchi Italiani (Italy) |
| ASE | Accelerated Solvent Extraction |
| ASTM | American Society for Testing and Materials |
| B[a]P | Benzo[a]pyrene |
| BALF | Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluids |
| BBD | Box-Behnken Design |
| BC | Before Christ |
| BCH | Biosafety Clearing House |
| Bf | Breathing frequency |
| BfR | Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung Federal Institute of Risk Assessment (Germany) |
| BHT | Butylated Hydroxytoluene |
| BIO | SG Efficacy of Biological and Eco-Friendly CPAs |
| BKS | SG Collaborative Study Black Shank |
| BM | Blue Mould |
| BM | SG Collaborative Study on Blue Mould |
| BMF | Biomass Moulding Fuel |
| BMK | SG Biomarkers |
| BoE | Biomarkers of Exposure |
| BoPH | Biomarkers of Potential Harm |
| BPCA | Biological Pest Control Agents |
| BPIA | Biopesticide Industry Alliance |
| BSA | Butene sulfonic acid |
| BSc | Bachelor of Science |
| BSI | British Standards Institute |
| BSR | Business for Social Responsibility |
| BU | Burley |
| C&EN | Chemical & Engineering News |
| C&T | Cotton & Tobacco (USDA, United States) |
| c.p. | commercial product |
| CA | Cellulose Acetate |
| CA | Controlled Atmosphere |
| CAA | Carboxylic Acid Amide |
| CABI | Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (UK) |
| CARD | CORESTA ACAC Residue Database |
| CAS | Chemical Abstracts Service (chemical identifiers) |
| CASS | CORESTA Abstract Submission System |
| CDC | Center for Disease Control (USA) |
| CDER | Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (FDA, USA) |
| CEG | Commodity Expert Group |
| CET | Central Eastern Time |
| CEMA | 2-Cyanoethylmercapturic Acid |
| CEN | Comité Européen de Normalisation European Committee for Standardisation |
| CF | Characterising Flavour |
| CF | Conversion Factor |
| CFA | Continuous Flow Analysis |
| CFD | Computational Fluid Dynamics |
| CFP | Cambridge Filter Pad |
| CM (n) | CORESTA Monitor Test Piece (+ version ref.) |
| CMR | Carcinogenic, Mutagenic or Reprotoxic |
| CMV | Cucumber Mosaic Virus |
| CNCl | Cyanogen Chloride |
| CNI | Chloronicotinyl Insecticide |
| CO | Carbon Monoxide |
| COHb | Carboxyhemoglobin |
| COP | Conference of Parties (FCTC) |
| COPD | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
| CORESTA | Cooperation Centre for Scientific Research Relative to Tobacco |
| CoSec | CORESTA Sub-Group/Task Force Coordinators and Secretaries |
| CP | Cigarette Paper |
| CPA | Crop Protection Agent (also PPP) |
| CRISPR | Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeat |
| CRM | CORESTA Recommended Method |
| CROM | TF Consumer Reported Outcome Measures |
| CRP | CORESTA Reference Product |
| CS | Cigarette Smoke |
| CS | Collaborative Study |
| CSC | Cigarette Smoke Condensates |
| CSF | Cancer Slope Factors (tox) |
| CSM | SG Cigar Smoking Methods |
| CSR | Corporate Social Responsibility |
| CSR-LVI | Concurrent Solvent Recondensation Large Sample Volume Injection |
| CSSL | Chromosome Segment Substitution Lines |
| CSTS | CORESTA Smokeless Tobacco Sub-Group (now refered to as STS) |
| CTA | Continental Tobacco Alliance SA |
| CTC | Carbon Tetrachloride |
| CTECH | TF Curing Technology |
| CTG | CORESTA Technical Guide |
| CTP | Center for Tobacco Products (FDA Office of Science) |
| CTR | CORESTA Technical Report |
| CU | CORESTA Unit |
| CV | Coefficient of Variation |
| CV | Curriculum Vitae |
| CVAR | TF Cigarette Manufacturing Variability |
| CVD | Cardiovascular Disease |
| DA | Delegated Authority (EU) |
| DAC | Dark Air-Cured |
| DAD | Diode Array Detector |
| DCIC | Dichloroisocoumarin |
| DDT | Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane |
| DEXT | TF Diagnosis Expert System Translation |
| DFC | Dark Fire-Cured |
| DG SANCO | Directorate General for Health and Consumer Affairs (EU) |
| DGE | Digital Gene Expression |
| DHT | Dry Heat Treatment |
| DI water | Deionized water |
| DIET | Dry-Ice Expanded Tobacco |
| DIN | Deutsches Institut für Normung German Institute for Standardization |
| DIS | Draft International Standard (ISO) |
| 2DLC-MS/MS | Two Dimensional Liquid Chromatography–Tandem Mass Spectrometry |
| DMSO | Dimethylsulfoxide |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| DNPH | 2,4-Dinitrophenylhydrazine |
| DSM | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders |
| EBD | Exhaled Breath Condensate |
| EC | European Commission |
| ECD | Electron Capture Detector |
| ECIG | TF E-Cigarettes (now SG EVAP) |
| EDB | Ethylene Dibromide / 1,2-Dibromoethane |
| EHTS | Electrically Heated Tobacco System |
| ELPI | Electrical Low Pressure Impactor |
| EMTOC | Electronic Model Tobacco Control |
| ENDD/S | Electronic Nicotine Delivery Device/System |
| ENGL | European Network of Government Laboratories |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency (US) |
| EPiP | Environmental Protection in Production (CORESTA) |
| EPN | Ethyl-p-nitrophenylphenylphosphorothioate |
| EPS | Extruded Polystyrene Foam |
| ERANET | European Research Area NETwork |
| ERF | Ethylene Response Factor |
| ERT | European Registered Toxicologist |
| ESG | Environment, Social and Governance |
| ESI | Electrospray Ionization |
| EST | Expressed Sequence Tag |
| ESTOC | European Smokeless Tobacco Council |
| ET | Evapotranspiration |
| ETc | Evapotranspiration and Crop Coefficient |
| ETS | Environmental Tobacco Smoke |
| EU | European Union |
| EUMUCF | EU Minor Uses Coordination Facility |
| EUMUDA | EUropean Minor Uses Database |
| EUREST | European Regulatory Science on Tobacco |
| EUTPD | European Union Tobacco Product Directive |
| EVAP | SG E-Vapour |
| EVP | E-Vapour Product |
| FAO | Food & Agricultural Organization |
| FAOSTAT | Food and Agriculture Organisation Statistics |
| FAPAS | Food Analysis Performance Assessment Scheme |
| FASE | Free Air Self Extinguishing |
| FBN | “Free-Base” Nicotine |
| FCA | Framework Convention Alliance |
| FCSA | Fine-Cut Smoking Article |
| FCTC | Framework Convention on Tobacco Control |
| FCV | Flue-Cured Virginia |
| FDA | Food & Drug Administration (USA) |
| FDIS | Final Draft International Standard (ISO) |
| FERA | Food and Environment Research Agency |
| FID | Flame Ionisation Detector |
| FIFO | First-In First-Out |
| FLB | Fluorescence Derivatisation |
| FLB | Full Length Burn (LIP monitor testing) |
| FMC | Factory Manufactured Cigarettes |
| FMPS | Fast Mobility Particle Sizer |
| FSC | Fire Standard Compliant |
| FSPTCA | Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (USA) |
| FT-NIR | Fourier Transform Near Infrared (spectrometry) |
| FTIR | Fourier Transform Infrared (spectrometry) |
| FY | Financial Year |
| GA | Gibberellic Acid |
| GAIN | Global Agricultural Information Network |
| GAP | Good Agricultural Practice |
| GC | Gas Chromatography |
| GC-MS | Gas Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry |
| G-EQUAS | German External Quality Assurance Scheme |
| GEF | Global Environment Facility |
| GFAAS | Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometry |
| GFP | Green Fluorescent Protein |
| GHG | Greenhouse Gas |
| GHS | Globally Harmonized System on Classification and Labelling of Chemicals |
| GLP | Good Laboratory Practice |
| GM | Geometric Mean |
| GMO | Genetically Modified Organism |
| GMO | SG Proficiency Testing for Detection of Transgenic Tobacco |
| GMP | Good Manufacturing Practice |
| GRAS | Generally Recognised as Safe |
| GRI | Global Reporting Initiative |
| GRL | Guidance Residue Level |
| GSD | Genetically Modified Organism |
| GSH | Glutathione |
| GUS | β-glucuronidase |
| HAAs | Heterocyclic Aromatic Amines |
| HCFP | Hot Cone Fall-out Propensity |
| HCI | Health Canadian Intense |
| HCN | Hydrogen Cyanide |
| HEMA | 2-Aydroxyethylmercapturic Acid |
| HHP | Highly Hazardous Pesticides |
| HI | Hazard Index |
| HILIC | Hydrophilic Interaction Liquid Chromatography |
| HnB | Heat-not-Burn |
| HPB | 4-Hydroxy-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone) |
| HPHC | Harmful and Potentially Harmful Constituents |
| HPLC | High-Performance Liquid Chromatography |
| HPMA | Hydroxypropyl Mercapturic Acid (toxicology) |
| HQ | Headquarters |
| HRMS | High Resolution Mass Spectrometry |
| HRW | Human Rights Watch |
| HS-SPME | Headspace Solid Phase Microextraction |
| HTP | Heated Tobacco Product |
| HTP | TF Heated Tobacco Product |
| IA | Implementing Authority (EU) |
| IC | Ion Chromatography |
| ICC | Infestation Control Conference |
| ICH | International Conference on Harmonisation |
| ICP-MS | Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry |
| ICS | International Certification Services |
| ILCR | Incremental Lifetime Cancer Risk |
| INRA | Institut National pour la Recherche Agronomique French National Institute for Agricultural Research |
| IOBC | International Organisation for Biological and Integrated Control |
| IP | Ignition Propensity |
| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| IPCS | International Programme on Chemical Safety |
| IPM | Integrated Pest Management |
| IPM | SG Integrated Pest Management |
| IPPC | International Plant Protection Convention |
| IRIS | Integrated Risk Information System (US EPA) |
| IRMS | Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry |
| ISAAA | International Service for the Acquisition of Agri biotech Applications |
| ISFET | Ion-Sensitive Field-Effect Transistor |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
| ISPM | International Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures |
| ISSR | Inter Simple Sequence Repeat |
| IT | Information Technology |
| IUPAC | International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry |
| IVT | SG In-vitro Toxicity Testing |
| JETS | Joint Experiment Technical Study |
| JMPM | Joint Meeting on Pesticide Management |
| JRC | Joint Research Centre (EU) |
| KCN | Potassium Cyanide |
| KF | Karl Fischer |
| KSCN | Potassium Thiocyanate |
| LA | Low Alkaloid |
| LC | Liquid Chromatography |
| LC | Low Converter |
| LC-GC | Liquid Chromatography - Gas Chromatography |
| LC-MS | Liquid Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry |
| LC-MS/MS | Liquid Chromatography - Tandem Mass Spectrometry |
| LEAF | Linking Environment and Farming |
| LIB | Laboratory Information Bulletin |
| LIP | Lower Ignition Propensity |
| LNTP | TF Collaborative Study of Low Nicotine Tobacco Agronomic Production Practices |
| LoQ / LoD | Limit of Quantitation / Limit of Detection |
| LRMS | Low Resolution Mass Spectrometry |
| MA | Mercapturic Acid |
| MAHs | Monocyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons |
| MAL | Maximum Allowable Limit |
| MBA | Master of Business Administration |
| MedDRA | Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities |
| MH | Maleic Hydrazide |
| MHBMA | Monohydroxybutenyl-Mercapturic Acid |
| MITC | Methyl isothiocyanate |
| MLA | Mouse Lymphoma Assay |
| MLE | Maximum Likelihood Estimation |
| MLE | Mouth Level Exposure (smoke science) |
| MN | Micronucleus Assay |
| MODIS | Moderate Resolution Spectro-radiometer |
| MRL | Maximum Residue Level |
| MRM | Multi-Residue Method |
| MRTP | Modified Risk Tobacco Product |
| MS | Mass Spectrometry |
| MSc | Master of Science |
| MSC | Moist Snuff Consumers |
| MSR | Multispectral Radiometer |
| MTBE | Methyl tert-butyl ether |
| MU | Minor Uses |
| MUCF | Minor Uses Coordination Facility |
| MYO | Make Your Own (tubes) |
| NA | Normal Alkaloid |
| NAB | N'-nitrosoanabasine |
| NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement |
| NAM | New Approach Methodologies |
| NAP | Natural Alternative Product |
| NAT | N'-nitrosoanatabine |
| NCI | Negative Chemical Ionisation |
| NCSU | North Carolina State University |
| NDA | Non-Disclosure Agreement |
| NDELA | N-nitrosodiethanolamine |
| NDMA | N-nitrosodimethylamine |
| NDVI | Normalised Difference Vegetation Index |
| NEM | SG Collaborative Study on Nematodes |
| NEOs | Nicotine Equivalents |
| NFDPM | Nicotine-Free Dry Particulate Matter (also referred to as "tar") |
| NGO | Non-Governmental Organisation |
| NGPs | Next Generation Products |
| NGPC | TF Nicotiona Germplasm Collection |
| NGTX | 21st Century Toxicology for Next Generation Tobacco and Nicotine Products |
| NIL | Near Isogenic Line |
| NIOSH | National Institute on Occupational Safety and Hazards (CDC, USA) |
| NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA) |
| NMR | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance |
| NNAL | 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanol |
| NNK | 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone |
| NNMF | Non-Negative-Matrix Factorisation |
| NNN | N'-nitrosonornicotine |
| NO | Nitrogen Monoxide |
| NOP | National Organic Program (USA) |
| NOSB | National Organic Standards Board (USA) |
| NOx | Nitrous Oxides |
| NPE | Nonylphenol Ethoxylates (endocrine disruptor) |
| NPO | Non-Profit Organisation |
| NRT | Nicotine Replacement Therapy |
| NRU | Neutral Red Uptake |
| NTC | Non-Tobacco Consumers |
| NTRM | Non-Tobacco Related Material |
| NWIP | New Work Item Proposal (ISO) |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OHSE | Occupational Health, Safety and Environment Policy |
| OPB | 4-Oxo-4-(3-pyridyl)-butanal) |
| OPBA | 4-Oxo-4-(3-pyridyl)-butanoic acid |
| OPLSDA | Orthogonal Partial Least Squares Discriminant Analysis |
| ORT | Oriental/Turkish (tobacco type) |
| OTP | Other Tobacco Products |
| OV | Oven Volatile |
| PAAs | Primary Aromatic Amines |
| PAHs | Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons |
| PAR | Photosynthesis Active Radiation |
| PBMC | Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell |
| PBN | N-tert-butyl-α phenylnitrone |
| PCA | Principal Component Analysis |
| PCLS | Precision-cut Lung Slices |
| Portable Document Format | |
| Pdt | Président (French abbr.) |
| PFBHA | o-(2,3,4,5,6-pentafluorobenzyl)hydroxylamine hydrochloride |
| PFM | Part-Filter Method |
| PG | Propylene Glycol |
| PGR | Plant Growth Regulator |
| pH | percentage Hydrogen (acid-base measurement unit) |
| PhD | Doctor of Philosophy |
| PHI | Pre-Harvest Interval |
| PIC | Prior Informed Consent (Rotterdam Convention on chemicals) |
| PIMS | Photo Ionisation Mass Spectrometry |
| PK/PD | Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic |
| PLA | Polylactic Acid |
| PLE | Pressurized Liquid Extraction |
| PLS | Partial Least Squares |
| PLSDA | Partial Least Squares Discriminant Analysis |
| PMO | Project Management Office Committee |
| PMT | Putrescine N-Methyltransferase |
| PMTA | Premarket Tobacco Product Application (USA) |
| PON | Pseudoxynicotine |
| POPs | Persistant Organic Pollutants |
| ppb | parts per billion |
| PPE | Personal Protection Equipment |
| ppm | parts per million |
| PP | Polypropylene |
| PPP | Plant Protection Product (also CPA) |
| PPPAMS | Plant Protection Products Application Management System |
| PRC | Pesticide-Residue-Clean |
| PREPs | Potential Reduced Exposure Products |
| PSMST | SG Pest and Sanitation Management in Stored Tobacco |
| PT | Proficiency Test |
| PTM | SG Physical Test Methods |
| PUB | SG Product Use Behaviour |
| PVY | Potato Virus Y |
| Q&A | Question & Answer |
| QA | Quality Assurance |
| QCS | Quality Certification Services |
| QRA | Quantitative Risk Assessment |
| QTL | Quantitative Trait Locus |
| QTOFMS | Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry |
| QuEChERS | Quick Easy Cheap Effective Rugged Safe |
| r&R | repeatability & Reproducibility |
| R&D | Research & Development |
| RAC | SG Routine Analytical Chemistry |
| RCIP | Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity |
| REACH | Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of CHemicals |
| RfD | Reference Dose |
| RFT | SG Agrochemical Residue Field Trials |
| RIL | Recombinant Inbred Line |
| RKN | Root-Knot Nematode |
| RNP | Ribonucleoprotein |
| RPLC | Reversed-Phase Liquid Chromatography |
| RRP | Reduced Risks Products |
| RSD | Relative Standard Deviation |
| RSM | Response Surface Methodology |
| RSP | Respirable Suspended Particulate |
| RTD | Reduced Toxicity Product |
| RTL | Reconstituted Tobacco Leaf |
| RTP | Reduced Toxicant Prototype |
| RYO | Roll-Your-Own |
| SA | SG Smoke Analysis |
| SAC | Scientific Advisory Committee (FDA) |
| SAS | Statistical Analysis Software |
| SC | Scientific Commission |
| SCC | Science Communication Committee |
| SCENIHR | Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (EU) |
| SCFCAH | Standing Committee on Food Chain and Animal Health (EU) |
| SCFE | Supercritical CO2 Fluid Extraction |
| SCS | Smoking Cycle Simulator |
| SDHI | Succinate Dehydrogenase Inhibitors |
| SDGs | Sustainable Development Goals |
| SDME | Single Drop Micro Extraction |
| SE | Self Extinguishing (cigarettes) |
| SE | Substantial Equivalence (new products - US FDA) |
| SEM | Scanning Electron Microscopy |
| SFC | Specific Fuel Consumption |
| SG | Sub-Group |
| SGTF | Sub-Groups and Task Forces |
| SIM | Selected Ion Monitoring |
| SMA | SG Smoke Analytes |
| SMB-MS | Supersonic Molecular Beam Ionization Mass Spectroscopy |
| SNP | Single Nucleotide Polymorphism |
| SOP | Standard Operating Procedure |
| SOP | Sulphate of Potash |
| SPA | SG Special Analytes (now SMA) |
| SPE | Solid-Phase Extraction |
| SRA | Scientific and Regulatory Affairs |
| SRM | Selected Reaction Monitoring |
| SRM | Single Residue Method |
| SRM | Standard Reference Material |
| SRTP | Social Responsibility in Tobacco Production |
| SS Smoke | Sidestream Smoke |
| SSE | Solid Sorptive Extraction |
| SSPT | Smoke Science and Product Technology Study Groups |
| STDS | TF CORESTA Standards |
| STP | Smokeless Tobacco Products |
| STP | Sustainable Tobacco Production |
| STP | Sustainable Tobacco Programme |
| STS | SG Smokeless Tobacco (now TTPA) |
| SUST | TF Sustainability in Tobacco Leaf Production |
| SVM-C | Support Vector Machine-Classification |
| TAG | Tobacco Alkaloid Genetics |
| TALEN | Transcription Activator-Like Effector Nucleases |
| TAR | Total Applied Radioactivity |
| TASV | Tobacco Apical Stunt Virus |
| TBC | Tributyl Citrate |
| TBO | Tobacco Biotechnology and Omics |
| TC | Tobacco Committee (ISO) |
| TCN | Tobacco Cyst Nematode |
| TCSV | Tobacco Curly Shoot Virus |
| TD | Thermal Desorption |
| TDL | Tunable Diode Laser |
| TEC | Triethyl Citrate |
| TEG | Triethylene Glycol |
| TEV | Tobacco Etch Virus |
| TF | Task Force |
| TFI | Tobacco Free Initiative (WHO) |
| THC | Tetrahydrocannabinol |
| TIOJ | Tobacco Institute of Japan |
| TJI | Tobacco Journal International |
| TLCV | Tobacco Leaf Curl Virus |
| TMAH | Tetra Methyl Ammonium Hydroxide |
| TMV | Tobacco Mosaic Virus |
| TNA | Total Nicotine Alkaloids |
| TNCO | Tar, Nicotine, Carbon Monoxide |
| TobLabNet | WHO Tobacco Laboratory Network |
| TobReg | WHO Study Group on Tobacco Product Regulation |
| TOFMS | Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry |
| TPD | Tobacco Products Directive (EU) |
| TPM | Total Particulate Matter |
| TPSAC | Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee (FDA-USA) |
| TRE | Tobacco Root Exudates |
| TRIPS | Trademark Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights |
| TRR | Total Radioactive Residue |
| TRSV | Tobacco Ringspot Virus |
| TRV | Tobacco Rattle Virus |
| TSA | Thiazole sulfonic acid |
| TSB | SG Smoking Behaviour (now PUB) |
| TSNA | SG TSNA in Air-cured and Fire-cured Tobacco |
| TSNA | Tobacco Specific Nitrosamines |
| TSRC | Tobacco Science Research Conference |
| TStV | Tobacco Stunt Virus |
| TSV | Tobacco Streak Virus |
| TSWV | Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus |
| TTB | Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau |
| TTPA | SG Tobacco and Tobacco Products Analytes |
| TV | Tidal Volume |
| TVC | Total Viable Count |
| TVMV | Tobacco Vein Mottling Virus |
| TWC | Tobacco Workers Conference |
| TYDV | Tobacco Yellow Dwarf Virus |
| UKy | University of Kentucky (referred to as "UK" in the USA) |
| UPLC | Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography |
| UN | United Nations |
| UN-ECE | United Nations - Ecomonic Commission for Europe |
| UN-REDD | United Nations - Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
| UPLC-MS/MS | Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry |
| URT | Upper Respiratory Tract |
| USDA | United States Department of Agriculture |
| UV | Ultraviolet |
| VCU | Value for Cultivation and Use |
| VIR | SG Virus Diseases |
| VOC | Volatile Organic Compound |
| VG | Glycerol |
| VP | Vice President |
| VUV | Vacuum Ultraviolet |
| WBP | Whole-Body Plethysmograph |
| WEB | TF CORESTA Website |
| WG | Working Group (also ISO) |
| WHO | World Health Organisation |
| WS-CM | Whole Smoke-Conditioned Medium |
| WTPM | Wet Total Particulate Matter |
| XDES | SG Extended Diagnostic Expert System |
| YC/T | Tobacco Voluntary Standard (China) |