
The European Commission is to ban traditional cigarettes by 2009-10, forcing smokers to buy "fire-safe" cigarettes that need constant drags to keep them alight.
Arlene McCarthy, a British Labour member of the European Parliament and chair of its consumer protection committee, said: "It's very good news. It will save lives. At the moment some people come home, have had a few drinks, fall asleep on the sofa with a cigarette in their hand, it falls on to flammable material and the next thing you know you've got a fire.
"Fire-safe cigarettes greatly reduce the risk of that happening."
Link & Image: The New Zealand Herald
Tags: Cigarette | Fire
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