ISO 23906-2:2023

Cigarettes — Determination of benzo[a]pyrene in cigarette mainstream smoke with an intense smoking regime using GC/MS — Part 2: Method using cyclohexane as extraction solvent

This document specifies a method for the determination of benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) in the total particulate matter of cigarette mainstream smoke with an intense smoking regime using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) with cyclohexane as extraction solvent. This method is specified using ISO 20778 smoking parameters. An alternative method for the determination of B[a]P is specified in ISO 23906‑1, with a different clean-up using methanol solvent.

Cigarettes — Dosage par CG/SM du benzo[a]pyrène dans le courant principal de la fumée de cigarette avec un régime de fumage intense — Partie 2: Méthode utilisant du cyclohexane comme solvant d'extraction

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 09-Feb-2023
• ICS: 65.160 - Tobacco, tobacco products and related equipment
• Technical Committee: ISO/TC 126 - Tobacco and tobacco products
• Drafting Committee: ISO/TC 126/WG 10 - Intense smoking regime
• Current Stage: 6060 - International Standard published
• Start Date: 10-Feb-2023
• Due Date: 04-Mar-2023
• Completion Date: 10-Feb-2023

Standards Content (Sample)

INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 23906-2
First edition
2023-02
Cigarettes — Determination
of benzo[a]pyrene in cigarette
mainstream smoke with an intense
smoking regime using GC/MS —
Part 2:
Method using cyclohexane as
extraction solvent
Cigarettes — Dosage par CG/SM du benzo[a]pyrène dans le courant
principal de la fumée de cigarette avec un régime de fumage
intense —
Partie 2: Méthode utilisant du cyclohexane comme solvant
d'extraction
Reference number
ISO 23906-2:2023(E)
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Contents Page

Foreword ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................iv

Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................v

1 Scope ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1

2 Normative references ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 1

3 Terms and definitions .................................................................................................................................................................................... 1

4 Principles ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1

5 Apparatus .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2

6 Reagents ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 3

7 Standards ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3

7.1 General ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3

7.2 Primary B[a]P-d12 stock solution: 100 µg/ml ............................................................................................................ 3

7.3 Secondary B[a]P-d12 spiking solution: 40 ng/ml .................................................................................................... 3

7.4 Primary B[a]P stock solution: 100 µg/ml ....................................................................................................................... 3

7.5 Secondary B[a]P stock solution: 1 000 ng/ml ............................................................................................................. 3

7.6 Working standard solutions ....................................................................................................................................................... 3

7.7 Storage of standard solutions ................................................................................................................................................... 3

8 Preparation of sample .................................................................................................................................................................................... 4

8.1 Sampling ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4

8.2 Smoking ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 4

8.3 Glass-fibre filter pad extraction .............................................................................................................................................. 4

8.4 Sample clean-up ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 4

8.5 Blank solution .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 5

9 Determination ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 5

9.1 GC/MS operating conditions ...................................................................................................................................................... 5

9.2 Calibration .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 6

9.3 Determination of B[a]P .................................................................................................................................................................... 6

9.4 Calculation .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 6

10 Repeatability and reproducibility ....................................................................................................................................................6

11 Test report .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 7

11.1 General ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7

11.2 Test results ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 7

Annex A (informative) Example of a chromatogram of a cigarette smoke extract ............................................8

Bibliography ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 9

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Foreword

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Introduction
No machine smoking regime can represent all human smoking behaviours.

— It is recommended that cigarettes also be tested under conditions of a different intensity of machine

smoking than those specified in this document.

— Machine smoking testing is useful to characterize cigarette emissions for design and regulatory

purposes, but communication of machine measurements to smokers can result in misunderstandings

about differences in exposure and risk across brands.

— Smoke emission data from machine measurements may be used as inputs for product hazard

assessment, but they are not intended to be nor are they valid measures of human exposure or

risks. Communicating differences between products in machine measurements as differences in

exposure or risk is a misuse of testing using ISO standards.
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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 23906-2:2023(E)
Cigarettes — Determination of benzo[a]pyrene in cigarette
mainstream smoke with an intense smoking regime using
GC/MS —
Part 2:
Method using cyclohexane as extraction solvent

WARNING — The use of this document can involve hazardous materials, operations and

equipment. This document does not purport to address all the safety problems associated with

its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this document to establish appropriate safety and

health practices and determine the applicability of any other restrictions prior to use.

1 Scope

This document specifies a method for the determination of benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) in the total

particulate matter of cigarette mainstream smoke with an intense smoking regime using gas

chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) with cyclohexane as extraction solvent.

This method is specified using ISO 20778 smoking parameters. An alternative method for the

determination of B[a]P is specified in ISO 23906-1, with a different clean-up using methanol solvent.

2 Normative references

The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content

constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For

undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.

ISO 3402, Tobacco and tobacco products — Atmosphere for conditioning and testing
ISO 8243, Cigarettes — Sampling

ISO 20778, Cigarettes — Routine analytical cigarette smoking machine — Definitions and standard

conditions with an intense smoking regime

ISO 20779, Cigarettes — Generation and collection of total particulate matter using a routine analytical

smoking machine with an intense smoking regime
3 Terms and definitions
No terms and definitions are listed in this document.

ISO and IEC maintain terminology databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:

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4 Principles

— Sampling of the test cigarettes according to the sampling procedure specified in ISO 8243.

— Conditioning of the test cigarettes according to the conditioning procedure specified in ISO 3402.

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— Smoking of the test cigarettes according to the smoking procedure specified in ISO 20779.

— Extraction of the total particulate matter, collected on the glass-fibre filter pad, with cyclohexane.

— Clean-up procedure using solid phase extraction (SPE).
— Analytical determination of B[a]P by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry.
5 Apparatus
The usual laboratory apparatus and equipment and, in particular, the following.

5.1 Routine analytical cigarette-smoking machine, in accordance with the requirements of

ISO 20778, and equipped for smoking in accordance with ISO 20779.

5.2 Gas chromatograph with a mass selective detector, equipped with its computerized control

and data acquisition an
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