How to use data regarding product monitoring and testing

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Cliff Watson, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA and
Richard O’Connor Roswell Park Cancer Institute, USA.

Learn about resources available for testing and monitoring cigarette brands in your country.

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Product Testing and Monitoring

SESSION OUTLINE

ITC protocol for product monitoring and testing

Clifford O. Watson, Ph.D., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Richard J. O’Connor, Ph.D., Roswell Park Cancer Institute

This session will cover :
1) The importance of product surveillance and monitoring to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
2) Equipment and Methods for characterizing and assessing product differences
3) How to become involved in TobLabNet and/or the International Tobacco Product Repository

I           Tobacco Product Regulation under FCTC (Watson & O’Connor)
                        a.  Overview of Articles 9 and 10
                        b.  TobLabNet
                        c.  TobReg Recommendations Overview: Research vs. Product Testing
                        d. Facilities and personnel

II         Smoke Chemistry Testing (Watson)
                        a. Necessary equipment, initial costs, continuing costs
                        b. Testing regimens—ISO, Massachusetts, Health Canada, etc. 
c. The basics:  Tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide
d. Advanced:  Tobacco-specific nitrosamines, Volatile organic compounds, Free nicotine, Heavy metals, Pesticides, Polyaromatic hydrocarbons
e. Lower cost options

III        Design Features and Physical Properties (O’Connor & Watson)
                        a.  Effects of design features on human smoking behavior
                        b.  Ventilation, pressure drop, paper porosity
                        c.  Tobacco analysis – weight, density, moisture, nicotine content, blend, pH
                        d.  Filter analysis – weight, density, fiber fallout
                        e.  Lower-cost options

IV        Ways to get involved in product monitoring and research (Watson & O’Connor)
                        a.  International Tobacco Products Repository
                        b.  TobLabNet
                        c.  CDC training in smoke chemistry analysis (web-based resources)
                       

V.        Question and Answer