This part of ISO 15592 specifies two methods of sampling a population of fine-cut tobacco manufactured for sale for the preparation of smoking articles.

It provides information on the statistical treatment of data and provides guidance based on practical experience of the order of ranking when a product is sampled in accordance with the specified procedures, in particular, when smoking articles are made from the sampled fine-cut tobacco and smoked for the determination of nicotine-free dry particulate matter (NFDPM).