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Archive Home > 2005 > June > 25 > Legislators considering fire-safe cigarettes

Legislators considering fire-safe cigarettes

Plan requires tobacco companies to sell self-extinguishing smokes

By James Sinks / The Bulletin
June 25, 2005

SALEM - Oregon could become the latest state to require tobacco companies to sell only self-extinguishing cigarettes, a move proponents say will save lives and reduce the frequency of forest fires.

But the potential of safer cigarettes may run headlong into corporate influence at the....

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