Fire safe cigarettes refuse to extinguish

April 2, 2012

Four month have passed since was published information that beginning with November 17th 2011 all cigarettes that are sold on EU territory should become more safe from point of view of inflammation possibility.

From Thursday in EU only fire safe cigarettes are allowed for sale, Sellers will not get delay for selling cigarettes that don't meet these requirements.

In August European Commission made decision according to which beginning with November 17th in EU countries can be sold only cigarettes that extinguish fast if smokers doesn't inhale it. The goal of this innovation is to reduce number of injuries, deaths and material damage caused by carelessness during smoking.

As compared to usual cigarettes, fire safe cigarettes cannot burn without inhale that is why being left without attendance is much less hazard.

In Finland for more than a year are allowed for sale only such cigarettes, such cigarettes are also sold for some time now in Canada, Australia and some states of USA.

Estonian smokers and Ida-Virumaa smokers, particularly, that became EU members in 2004, now wonder: are they in EU? Price for this novelty has gone up, but fire safe cigarettes don't want to self-extinguish being left in ashtray.