Abstract In order to further improve accuracy and stability of detection of combustion coal fallout propensity of cigarettes, author of the paper adopted computational fluid dynamics (CFD) technology for a three-dimensional numerical simulation of exhaust system of detection instrument, aiming to study characteristics of flow field near cigarettes. Moreover, a simulation model of eight-channel exhaust enclosure was established, obtaining vector diagram for flow velocity of flow field, velocity contour diagram, and pressure distribution cloud diagram. According to findings, flow field of eight channels is evenly distributed, with slow flow velocity around the instrument but furious inside channels. The wind velocity of cigarette monitoring channel is stable at about 200mm/s specified as per standard. However, there is significant change in pressure and flow velocity at the corners of channels, causing local turbulence. In experiments, average wind velocity of 8 monitoring channels was measured, and simulation results were compared with experiment data. Eventually, a conclusion is drawn that simulation result at cigarette monitoring channels changes consistently with the experimental data, with small errors as a whole. Therefore, the designed exhaust system complies with regulations on wind velocity stipulated by YC/T558-2018 Cigarettes—Determination of Combustion Coal Fallout Propensity of Burning Cigarettes. In a word, this paper is hoped to provide technical support for analogue simulation of exhaust system of cigarette detection instrument, and improve detection accuracy.