Calif. gov. signs bill for 'fire-safe' cigarettes
Posted on: Friday, 7 October 2005, 20:10 CDT
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.
Source: REUTERS
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