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Cigarettes In Michigan To Be 'fire-safe'

Local fire officials are hailing a new law that will require manufacturers sell only self-extinguishing cigarettes in Michigan as of Jan. 1.

The measure is expected to save lives and property lost to fires started by unattended smoking materials.

The move is a big step forward for fire safety, local fire authorities agree.

“It is a pretty significant issue in this area; It rates right behind cooking-type fires as far as the frequency of causing fires,” said Fruitport Township Fire Chief Ken Doctor, a smoker himself. “We can’t dictate how people live. This is just one more step in the overall fire safety process.

“Because smoking equipment is such a significant portion of our business, it is definitely going to have an impact.”

Last year, 319 fires across the state were reported to have started by cigarettes. Four people were killed and 33 people injured in those fires, which claimed a total property loss of nearly $8.5 million, said Terry Fobbs, assistant to the state fire marshal.

Michigan will become the 49th state to adopt laws requiring cigarettes sold here after Jan. 1 to self-extinguish if left unattended. The measure is part of the Fire Safety Standard and Firefighter Protection Act, passed by the Michigan Legislature this summer.

According to the United States Fire Administration, states such as New York that have passed fire-safe cigarette legislation have seen a 33 percent reduction in the number of fire-related deaths and injuries caused by discarded smoking materials.

The new law will require cigarette manufacturers to prove that no more than 25 percent of the discount cigarettes will burn the full length if left unattended.

The cheap cigarettes will be required to have at least two bands in the cigarette paper designed to put the cigarette out if it is not regularly inhaled.

Norton Shores Fire Marshal Norm Hosko said the legislation has been a long time coming. With budget constraints many departments are facing, firefighters can use any help they can get, he said.

“When the fire service first started looking at going with fire-safe cheap smokes … there weren’t more than five or six states (with similar legislation) at that time. Michigan has kind of gone behind on a lot of fire service issues,” Hosko said.

“There is going to be fewer and fewer firefighters the way things are going in Michigan. If it helps, obviously it’s a good thing.

“There is no price on a life, and if you can save one life from death by a fire from a cigarette then it’s worth it,” he said.

Fobbs said the new legislation isn’t expected to result in higher cigarette prices.

The law permits local firefighters, police, state Department of Treasury personnel, and the attorney general’s office to enforce the sale of fire-safe cigarettes, Fobbs said. Officials continue to work out how the enforcement process will work, he said, although enforcement action isn’t expected to begin until at least next summer. That process will not result in an unfunded mandate to local fire agencies, he said.

“We still need to meet with all of the stakeholders,” Fobbs said. “We are definitely sensitive when we look at fire departments that can barely hang on with doing what they are already authorized to do.”

Michigan smokers can check if their discount cigarettes are fire-safe by looking for a symbol with “FSC” near the bar code on packs and cartons.

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