Friday, 2. January 2004
Topic: NEWS - on January 2, 2004 at 7:27:00 AM CET
"fire-safe" cigarettes
N.Y. Adopts New Rules on Cigarette Papers
To prevent house fires set by careless smokers, New York state has adopted the nation's first rules mandating that cigarettes sold in the state must be rolled with lower-ignition paper. The so-called "fire-safe" cigarettes will extinguish by themselves if not puffed on, and advocates say they will prevent many of the fires now triggered by smokers who leave cigarettes unattended.
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