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The State of Illinois is considering a law that would force all cigarettes sold there to be "fire safe", that is, they would extinguish if left alone for 90 seconds.
 
Such laws already exist in New York, California and Vermont.
 
Fire safety experts groups support such laws but a spokesman for the tobacco company RJ Reynolds said that it would cause consumers to become lax about safety as fires could still be set due to carelessness.

Ill. considering safe cigarette law

Monsters and Critics.com - 2/28/2006 10:07 AM

The Illinois Legislature is considering a law that would require all cigarettes sold in the state to be 'fire-safe.'
 
The cigarettes would automatically go out if they are left alone for 90 seconds, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. New York, California and Vermont already
 
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