Many of the cigarettes sold in Nebraska fall into the “fire-safe” category. It’s not the law here, but statutes in other states have reached across borders. Fire-safe cigarettes, as defined ...

A Tulsa apartment fire is blamed on a carelessly discarded cigarette. Some wonder if the fire could have been prevented by a fire safe cigarette. Friday, February 6th 2009, 5:10 pm ...

Henrico County-based Altria Group has supported fire-safe cigarette legislation in Virginia and other states. Philip Morris USA started using banded paper on its Merit cigarette brand in 2000.

They donâÄôt look very different and they cost about the same, but starting Monday, all the cigarettes in the state of Minnesota will be âÄúfire safe.âÄù A law passed in 2007 goes into effect Monday, ...

Fire-safe cigarettes could be on Nebraska shelves Nebraska has fallen out of the mainstream when it comes to smoking-related laws, but that could change. NATE JENKINS / The Associated Press ...

Supporters of a safe cigarette want Hedrick?s death to serve as rallying call to pass legislation that requires the sale of fire-safe cigarettes. "My child died because Sign In ...

ST. PAUL — Minnesota fire chiefs hope lighting up will get a little safer now that only so-called fire-safe cigarettes can be sold in Minnesota. The law, which takes effect today, requires that ...

In the interests of full disclosure, we must acknowledge that the whole "fire-safe cigarettes" issue went under our collective radar until Dec. 1. That was the day Minnesota joined 16 other states ...

A discarded cigarette started a fire at a Whitman Street home Monday afternoon. Butte Fire Marshal John Lasky said the fire at 1513 Whitman started in a partially enclosed patio behind the home ...

In a study done by the National Fire Protection Association, in the United States, on average, someone dies in a fire every 175 minutes, with someone being injured every 31 minutes.

FORT WORTH -- All cigarettes sold in Texas must be slow-burning and fire-safe, according to a state law that went into effect New Year's Day. The law gives distributors and retailers until 2010 to ...