Anti-smoking campaigners say lives will be lost because of a delay in bringing in new self-extinguishing cigarettes.
So-called fire-safe cigarettes burn out quickly when dropped, meaning they are less likely to cause fires in the home. They were due to be introduced across the EU later this year, but work on developing an EU standard is running at least six months behind schedule. ... read more >>
Posts Tagged ‘Fire Safe Cigarettes’
Fire-Safe Cigarettes – Poisoning Smokers to Save Them?
Friday, November 27th, 2009
“So you had to destroy the village in order to save it?” – Correspondent Peter Arnett I am an avid watcher of AMC’s Mad Men television show. In addition to being great drama, the show is an exercise in anthropology, as we get to view a bygone era where people threw their trash onto picnic grounds without concern for the environment, drink a few cocktails before hopping into their cars with their children unbuckled in the back, and commit all forms of sexual harrassment so that the show almost looks like a what-not-to-do video from a modern human resources department. However, the most obvious disconnect from today’s social norm is the constant smoking – when they get up, when they bottle feed their babies, in meetings, in movies, etc. ... read more >>
“So you had to destroy the village in order to save it?” – Correspondent Peter Arnett I am an avid watcher of AMC’s Mad Men television show. In addition to being great drama, the show is an exercise in anthropology, as we get to view a bygone era where people threw their trash onto picnic grounds without concern for the environment, drink a few cocktails before hopping into their cars with their children unbuckled in the back, and commit all forms of sexual harrassment so that the show almost looks like a what-not-to-do video from a modern human resources department. However, the most obvious disconnect from today’s social norm is the constant smoking – when they get up, when they bottle feed their babies, in meetings, in movies, etc. ... read more >>
Fire Safe Cigarettes: Are They Better?
Friday, September 18th, 2009
SHREVEPORT, LA (KSLA) – It has been nearly one year since 53-year old Patty Easom of Shreveport was killed in a ferocious fire, born from a cigarette she had left on her sofa. While the Easoms continue to mourn her loss, according to a new report, cigarette-ignited fires like the one that killed Patty are all too common. ... read more >>
SHREVEPORT, LA (KSLA) – It has been nearly one year since 53-year old Patty Easom of Shreveport was killed in a ferocious fire, born from a cigarette she had left on her sofa. While the Easoms continue to mourn her loss, according to a new report, cigarette-ignited fires like the one that killed Patty are all too common. ... read more >>
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