Cigarette Ignition Propensity (Consumer Products) Regulations (SOR/2016-103)

Marginal note:Standard

• 3 (1) Cigarettes of every size of each brand must burn their full length no more than 25% of the time when tested on 10 layers of filter paper using the International Organization for Standardization standard ISO 12863, entitled Standard test method for assessing the ignition propensity of cigarettes (ISO 12863), as amended from time to time.

• Marginal note:Testing

  (2) In each test, the cigarettes that are burned in every determination must be of the same size and of the same brand.

• Definition of determination

  (3) For the purpose of this section, determination has the same meaning as in ISO 12863.