Cigarettes debut in America

Peuple asks: Will the right of Pennsylvania, which came into force on January 1 requiring shops to sell only "fire safe" cigarettes are discount made the difference?
Raeford's mother and brother died in a fire in a house in July Homewood, which investigators blame on errant cigarette. Cora Mae Raeford, 83, was captured by the fire and smoke on the second floor of his house. Kenneth Raeford, 56, whom investigators believe was smoking on the porch, died at West Penn Hospital after suffering burns over most of his body.
"I do not believe that God makes mistakes," Raeford said last week. "But if he was on the spot, who knows if something would have been different.
"I will always miss my mother and brother. Sometimes you have to protect people from themselves, and this makes it possible to do so.
Fireproof cigarettes burn more slowly and self-extinguish if left unattended. Pennsylvania is one of 22 states, in addition to the District of Columbia, that their mandate. Fifteen other states have laws that take effect this year or next, according to the Coalition for fire-safe cigarettes.


The law will save lives, say supporters and fire protection.


Cigarette-related fires are the leading cause of home fire deaths, killing an average of 700 to 900 Americans a year, "said Charles of Lorraine, a spokesman for the National Fire Protection Association." We are very optimistic that these types of cigarettes will make significant improvements. "
Paper in fire-safe cigarettes is thicker in two or three points - rings less porous paper, which create "speed bumps" to prevent the smoldering paper from progressing in the direction of the stock, if a smoker does not accept drag and drop often enough.
Critics say the fire-smoke to try different papers and makes them harder to suck on cigarettes, to keep it burning.
"Mixed reviews", said, RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co. Representative David Howard. "It's unique, and obviously has some adjustments. We are talking to customers has been no change in the mixture. ... Yes, we heard some (negative) reaction, while others stated that no changes at all."
RJ Reynolds would sell only fire-safe cigarettes by 2009, even in those states that are not their mandate, "said Howard.
Bill Phelps, spokesman for Altria, parent company of Phillip Morris USA, said that cigarette makers will continue to fire and regular cigarettes. He said Philip Morris would like to see a national standard to put in place, rather than a patchwork of state laws. Past attempts to implement federal legislation failed, causing a change in strategy to make state requirements, said U.S. Fire Administrator Gregory Cade.
Howard and Phelps said, using fire-safe instruments costs more than using standard instruments, but also companies and consumers will not absorb the price increase.
Fireproof cigarettes could save the lives of smokers and nonsmokers, said Deputy Fire Chief Pittsburgh Colleen Walz.
Cigarettes, which fell in wastebaskets or on the furniture can smolder and then ignite a smoker after leaving the area, putting others at risk, "she said.