Testing of cigarettes shall be conducted in accordance with the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) standard E2187-04, Standard Test Method for Measuring the Ignition Strength of Cigarettes as of January 1, 2009, and shall be conducted on ten layers of filter paper

No more than twenty-five percent of the cigarettes tested in a test trial in accordance with this section may exhibit full-length burns. Forty replicate tests shall comprise a complete test trial for each cigarette tested. The performance standard required by this section only applies to a complete test trial. Written certifications shall be based upon testing conducted by a laboratory that has been accredited pursuant to standard ISO/IEC 17025 of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), or other comparable accreditation standard required by the state fire marshal. Any laboratory conducting testing in accordance with this section shall implement a quality control and quality assurance program that includes a procedure that will determine the repeatability of the testing results. No repeatability value may be greater than nineteen hundredths. This section does not require additional testing if cigarettes are tested consistent with this chapter for any other purpose. Any testing performed or sponsored by the state fire marshal to determine a cigarette's compliance with the performance standard required shall be conducted in accordance with this section. Source: SL 2009, ch 172 , § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.