Fire Safe Cigarettes Mandated in 5 More US States

As of January 1 2009, 5 US more states put into effect a mandate which requires that stores sell only fire-safe cigarettes from now on. " Delaware, Iowa, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Texas on Thursday joined 17...

EU endorses safer cigarettes

"THE EU's consumer chief is to get the green light today to make all cigarettes sold in the bloc self-extinguishing in a bid to combat thousands of fire-related deaths and injuries. European Commission officials...

EU Calls for Self-Extinguishing Cigarettes

By 2010, the European Commission wants to replace traditional smokes with the "fire-safe" variety across the bloc"The European Commissions is expected to propose before the end of this year that all cigarettes sold across the EU should be self-extinguishing to help prevent...

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