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New law mandates sale of fire-safe cigarettes only 

State officials have enacted a law mandating that stores in the First State only sell fire-safe cigarettes.

The effort initially began in 2001 to combat residential fires caused by careless smoking. According to Assistant State Fire Marshal Michael Chionchio, six of the state's 12 fire fatalities in 2007 were reportedly started by cigarettes and there were almost 50 cigarette-related fires throughout the state in 2008 that caused $370,000 in damage.

On Jan. 1, when the new state law took effect, Delaware joined 22 other states and Washington D.C., in mandating fire-safe cigarette laws.

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