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Archive Home > 2007 > January > 22 > New calls for cigarettes that burn out on their own

New calls for cigarettes that burn out on their own

Bend fatality revives talk of bill

By James Sinks / The Bulletin
January 22, 2007

SALEM - A fatal fire in Des-chutes River Woods on Wednesday could spark louder calls for legislators to require that cigarettes sold in Oregon be self-extinguishing.

A proposal to require so-called "fire-safer" cigarettes was snuffed out by the divided 2005 assembly, but state....

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