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• State Fire Commissioner Praises Passage of Fire-Safe Cigarettes Legislation 

Once signed into law, House Bill 1612 will adopt a fire safety standard for cigarettes and require that all cigarettes sold in Pennsylvania be low-ignition strength, making them less likely to cause fires if left unattended.

"Fire-safe cigarettes are rolled with bands of less porous, slow-burning paper, so if the cigarette is left unattended, it will go out when it burns down to one of those bands," said State Fire Commissioner Edward A. Mann. "There have been too many tragedies caused by the careless use of cigarettes, and this standard is designed to reduce that risk."

According to the National Fire Protection Association, smoking materials, such as cigarettes, cigars or pipes, are the leading cause of fire deaths in the United States.

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