GB 5606.4-2005Cigarettes-Technical Requirements for Sense Evaluation (English PDF)

Foreword

GB 5606 "Cigarettes" is divided into six parts.

- Part 3: Technical requirements for packing, making, storage and transport;

- Part 4: Technical requirements for sense evaluation;

- Part 5: Mainstream smoke;

- Part 6: Quality evaluation.

This Part is Part 4 of GB 5606.

All technical contents of this Part are mandatory.

This Part replaces GB 5606.4-1996 "Cigarettes - Sense technical requirement".

The main changes of this Part, as compared with GB 5606.4-1996, are as follows.

- CANCEL the cigarette type;

- ADD the cigarette price category; PROPOSE the technical requirements according

to the price category;

- ADJUST the scores of the technical requirements of each item.

Appendix A of this Part is a normative appendix.

This Part was proposed by the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration.

This Part shall be under the jurisdiction of the National Tobacco Standardization

Technical Committee (TC 144).

Drafting organizations of this Part. State Tobacco Monopoly Administration,

1 Scope

This Part of GB 5606 specifies the technical requirements, test methods, inspection

rules for the sensory quality of cigarettes.

This Part applies to cigarettes of various flavor styles.

2 Normative references

The clauses in the following documents become the clauses of this Part through

reference to this Part of GB 5606.For any referenced document with a date, all

subsequent amendments (excluding errata) or revisions are not applicable to this Part.

However, parties to an agreement based on this Part are encouraged to study whether

the latest versions of these documents can be used. For any referenced document

without a date, the latest version shall apply to this Part.

GB/T 5606.1 Cigarettes - Part 1: Sampling

GB/T 16447 Tobacco and tobacco products - Atmosphere for conditioning and testing (GB/T 16447-2004, ISO 3402.1999, IDT)

3 Requirements

3.1 The criteria for judging the sensory quality of cigarettes are given in Table 1.The

terms are given in Appendix A (Normative).

The general term for pleasant and comfortable smell and taste, which is the

comprehensive feeling of people's sense of smell and taste.

The tobacco shreds have a bright luster, oily, shiny.

The unique aroma of tobacco inherent in the cigarette smoke itself.

Abundant and full body

The aroma is rich and full.

The smoke particles are fine and smooth.

The aroma is abundant and not lacking, but not rich.

In terms of the characteristics of the smoke, it produces a granular, hairy,

uncomfortable feeling.