Scientific Services
About Scientific Services
Our comprehensive tests can be performed on all tobacco products including cigarettes, tobacco, Roll-Your-Own (RYO), and Heated Tobacco Products (HTP).
Smoking Laboratory
We continually invest in our smoking laboratory to ensure that it is equipped with market leading technology.
We have linear and rotary smoking machines capable of capturing mainstream and side-stream chemical compounds for cigarettes, cigars, and heated tobacco product analysis.
The Smoking Laboratory is able to conduct testing using different smoking regimes such as ISO Regime, Health Canadian Intense and bespoke testing to meet specific customer needs.
Tests
Filtrona Laboratories provides a series of commercial tests to analyse the constituents of tobacco including cigars, Roll-Your-Own and nicotine delivery products and the physical parameters of your brand.
Tests are divided into three ranges GOTHIATEK®, physical testing and tobacco testing.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) draft HPHC list is divided into two main areas; mainstream smoke and tobacco.
Filtrona Laboratories provides a series of commercial tests to analyse the constituents of cigarette smoke.
Tests are divided into two ranges; mainstream tobacco smoke and side-stream tobacco smoke, including those required by ANVISA regulation.
We have been testing e-cigarettes and e-liquids since their inception. Our testing capabilities are listed here and we can offer bespoke method development for other compounds on request.
The procedure is applicable to cigarettes that burn along the length of the tobacco column and equivalent to those described in ISO 12863 and ASTM E2187.
Tests are available for various types of tobacco including cigars, Roll-Your-Own (RYO) and smokeless tobacco.
A comprehensive set of measurements for your brand.
Heated Tobacco Products
Unlock the full potential of your Heated Tobacco Products (HTP) with our scientific services. As a member of the HTP CORESTA test methods development taskforce, we stay at the forefront of the HTP industry. Our expertise in thermal profiling and filtration material research has led to breakthrough HTP filter propositions. We help ensure the highest quality and performance for your products in a rapidly growing global market.
Our laboratory is able to test over 50 chemical compounds in main stream and side stream smoke and more than 160 chemical compounds in tobacco. Tests include:
Combustible Tobacco Analysis
