Calif. gov. signs bill for ‘fire-safe’ cigarettes

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger signed a bill into law on Friday requiring all
cigarettes sold in the state to be “fire safe” — made from
materials that extinguish them if they are discarded or left
unattended while lit.

The bill was adapted from safety standards in place in New
York. Lawmakers who supported the bill had cited 25,000 fires
caused in the state by cigarettes over the past decade.