ISO 8243:2013规定了两种提供销售香烟群体代表性样品的方法。根据抽样是在销售点还是在工厂进行，规定了不同的程序。 “在某一时间点”取样可用于评估当时香烟的选定特性。在尽可能短的时间内进行采样。 抽样“在一段时间内”提供了持续的评估。出于实际目的，可以将其视为“在一个时间点”采集的一系列样本。 ISO 8243:2013提供了数据处理的统计基础信息，并根据实际经验，给出了无尼古丁干颗粒物（NFDPM）、尼古丁和一氧化碳产量的典型置信区间的估计值。根据ISO 8243:2013对产品进行取样时，可能会发现这些置信区间 按照ISO 3308、ISO 3402、ISO 4387、ISO 8454、ISO 10315、ISO 10362-1和ISO 10362-2规定的程序吸烟。

ISO 8243:2013 specifies two methods of providing representative samples of a population of cigarettes manufactured for sale. Different procedures are specified according to whether sampling is undertaken at the point of sale or at a factory. Sampling "at one point in time" provides for appraisal of the chosen properties of the cigarettes on that occasion. Sampling is carried out within as short a period as possible. Sampling "over a period of time" provides for on-going appraisals. It can be considered for practical purposes as a series of samples each taken "at one point in time". ISO 8243:2013 provides information on the statistical basis for the treatment of data and gives estimates, based on practical experience, of the typical confidence intervals for nicotine-free dry particulate matter (NFDPM), nicotine and CO yields which may be found when a product is sampled in accordance with ISO 8243:2013 and smoked in accordance with the procedures specified in ISO 3308, ISO 3402, ISO 4387, ISO 8454, ISO 10315, ISO 10362 1 and ISO 10362 2.