PAS 8850:2020

This standard PAS 8850:2020 Non-combusted tobacco products. Heated tobacco products and electrical tobacco heating devices. Specification is classified in these ICS categories:

• 65.160 Tobacco, tobacco products and related equipment

This PAS specifies performance requirements for heated tobacco products and tobacco heating devices. This PAS

covers:

• tobacco;

• additives and materials used in the manufacture of heated tobacco product;

• conformity of electronic components to relevant safety standards;

• manufacturing and product traceability;

• heated tobacco product stability;

• chemical analyses of tobacco attributes; and

• heated tobacco product emissions and their consistency to verify the absence of combustion and to enable heated tobacco products to be differentiated from combustible tobacco products such as cigarettes.

This PAS establishes quantitative criteria which differentiate heated tobacco products from combustible tobacco products.

This PAS does not imply reduced risk from heated tobacco products compared to cigarette smoking.

This PAS is intended to be used by manufacturers of heated tobacco products and tobacco heating devices. Other organizations could also benefit from this PAS, such as trade associations, regulatory enforcement agencies, such as local councils, or importers.

This PAS does not cover:

• non-tobacco containing e-cigarette products within the scope of PAS 54115;

• carbon-heated tobacco products; or

• other types of heated tobacco products with nonelectrical heating devices, and water pipes, such as shisha and nargil.

This PAS does not provide a method for assessing the health risks or potential reduced health risks of heated tobacco products.

NOTE This PAS maintains technological neutrality through its requirements for producers. This means that products falling into the category of heated tobacco products with tobacco heating devices as defined in PAS 8850 can conform, irrespective of their particular design or technology. In this way it also aims to prevent restricting innovation and emerging technologies.