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Fire-Safe Cigarettes
If a fire-safe cigarette is left unattended, the burning tobacco will reach one of these banded "speed bumps" and self-extinguish.
Fire-safe cigarettes reduce the risk of fires caused by cigarettes.
- Fire-safe cigarettes are less likely to start a fire if dropped or left unattended.
- Fire-safe cigarettes have thin bands of less-porous paper that act as "speed bumps" to slow down burning.
- If a fire-safe cigarette is left unattended, the burning tobacco will go out by itself when it reaches one of these bands.
- The fire-safe technology cuts off the burning time before most cigarettes can set fire to furniture, carpet, and bedding.
- By law in California, New York, Oregon, and Vermont, all cigarettes sold in those states must be fire-safe. Other states have enacted similar laws that will soon go into effect; still others are working to pass such laws.
To learn more about fire-safe cigarettes, go to the Coalition for Fire-Safe Cigarettes. 