{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-339-f-3","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 339-F:3","heading":"Test Method.","body":"I. 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.\" The commissioner may adopt a subsequent ASTM Standard Test Method for Measuring the Ignition Strength of Cigarettes upon a finding that the subsequent method does not result in a change in the percentage of full-length burns exhibited by any tested cigarette when compared to the percentage of full-length burns the same cigarette would exhibit when tested in accordance with ASTM Standard E2187-04 and the performance standard in RSA 339-F:4.\nII. Testing shall be conducted on 10 layers of filter paper.\nIII. Forty replicate tests shall comprise a complete test trial for each cigarette tested.\nIV. The performance standard required by RSA 339-F:4 shall only be applied to a complete test trial.\nV. Laboratories 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. The repeatability value shall be no greater than 0.19 pursuant to RSA 339-F:4.\nVI. This section does not require additional testing if cigarettes are tested consistent with this chapter for any other purpose.","path":["Title XXXI: TRADE AND COMMERCE","Chapter 339-F: REDUCED CIGARETTE IGNITION PROPENSITY"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XXXI/339-F/339-F-3.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T15:17:24Z","sha256":"7d9437c590230e8d10f35d1410fd80ffa215656b05beb1fe1601f61275777622","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-339-f-2","next":"us-nh/rsa-339-f-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}