Further development of the partial guidelines for implementation of Articles 9 and 10 of the WHO FCTC

Overview

WHO has prepared a report on "Further development of the partial guidelines for implementation of Articles 9 and 10 of the WHO FCTC" ( FCTC/COP/7/9).

Pursuant to decision FCTC/COP6(10), WHO prepared this report on the further development of the partial guidelines for implementation of Articles 9 and 10 of the WHO FCTC. The report covers the following topics:

• the validation of the analytical chemical methods for testing and measuring cigarette contents and emissions in accordance with the progress report presented by WHO to COP at its fifth session (document FCTC/COP/5/INF.DOC./1);
• whether the standard operating procedures for nicotine, tobacco-specific N-nitrosamines (TSNAs) and B[a]P in cigarette contents and emissions are applicable or adaptable, as appropriate, to tobacco products other than cigarettes, including smokeless tobacco and waterpipe smoke;
• scientific evidence on specific cigarette characteristics of interest, including slim/superslim designs, filter ventilation, and innovative filter design features including flavour-delivering mechanisms such as capsules, to the extent that those characteristics affect the public health objectives of the WHO FCTC, for consideration by the working group at its first meeting following the sixth session of the COP;
• the evolution of new tobacco products; and
• the toxic contents and emissions of waterpipe and smokeless tobacco products.

This report includes four annexes: 

• List of participating laboratories in the validation studies;
• Candidate target chemicals for regulation in tobacco and charcoal products marketed for waterpipe use;
• Chemicals recommended for mainstream smoke chemical constituent measurements for waterpipe tobacco and charcoal brands; and
• List of IARC Carcinogens (Group 1, 2A, 2B), toxicants or biologically active compounds in SLT and waterpipe products.