# ISO 8243:2003 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards

For ISO 8243:2003, item title is Cigarettes — Sampling; status code is 9599; successor is ISO 8243:2006; withdrawn / published date is 2003-12-03, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05.

- **Identifier:** ISO 8243:2003 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Item title:** Cigarettes — Sampling _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Successor:** ISO 8243:2006
- **Withdrawn / published date:** 2003-12-03 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 39215,IS,,ISO 8243:2003,Cigarettes — Sampling,Cigarettes — Échantillonnage,2003-12-03,3,['65.160'],ISO/TC 126,9599,[15346],[38188],"['en','fr']",16,"<p>ISO 8243:2003 specifies two methods of sampling a population of cigarettes manufactured for sale for the preparation of samples. Different procedures are specified according to whether sampling is undertaken at the point of sale, at the producer's premises, or the importer's and distributor's warehouses.</p><p>Sampling 'at one point in time' provides an instantaneous estimate of one or more characteristics of cigarettes. Sampling is carried out within as short a period as possible, not exceeding 14 d.</p><p>Sampling 'over a period of time' pr

## Source

- https://isopublicstorageprod.blob.core.windows.net/opendata/_latest/iso_deliverables_metadata/csv/iso_deliverables_metadata.csv

Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2027-02-01.
Part of [Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards](https://referencesource.org/iso-standard-supersessions/).