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EU makes "fire safe" cigarettes mandatory, raising costs to produce cigarettes

Consumer Protection Commissioner Meglena Kuneva is to make "fire-safe" cigarettes mandatory across the EU, hoping that the cigarettes - which stop burning automatically after a few seconds if not smoked - can reduce the number of deaths from fires in the EU.

NETZEITUNG POLITIK AUSLAND NACHRICHTEN: Zigaretten, die mitdenken

Smokers will have to smoke twice as fast or keep relighting!!!!!
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I had to laugh at this one. The fag break at work just got cut in half!
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Don't cigarettes presently have some chemical added to keep them burning? I seem to recall that saltpetre was added to the paper, don't know, it's years since I heard about it so it may be rubbish.
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I heard something similar in my schooldays, but doesn't saltpetre produce tar? Perhaps they have saltpetre replacement technology.
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Er, who's going to enforce this? Trading Standards? Could be interesting...
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Originally Posted by Aardvark:
From Open Europe summary:



Smokers will have to smoke twice as fast or keep relighting!!!!!

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Extra!!! Extra!! Sales of lighters inceases.
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Won't work.
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If smokers are forced to take extra deep breaths to keep the ciggie going I suggest it will 2 things
Their lung capacity will increase
and they will take in more carcinogenic agents and those with a prediliction to cancer will die earlier :-)

or possibly not - saltpetre is still an additive I believe
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Originally Posted by The Bear:
Don't cigarettes presently have some chemical added to keep them burning? I seem to recall that saltpetre was added to the paper, don't know, it's years since I heard about it so it may be rubbish.

Ahh, that makes sense.
So there are glitches resulting in inconsistant levels of saltpetre.
So some cigarettes when you light them burn up quicker, leaving you with very little cigarette left. :-)
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Where there's new EU regulations to enforce there's enforcers to employ and money to be made..........
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