EU MINISTERS APPROVE LAW INSISTING ON FIRE-SAFE CIGARETTES
December 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) ministers have agreed in principle that only fire-safe cigarettes, that stop burning if they are not being smoked, be sold in the EU. Ministers have given the green light to the European Commission to draft a technical standard for all member states, with formal approval being secured in 2008, and introduction of the rule probably coming by 2010. The rule would insist manufacturers use fire retarding paper in cigarettes. Speaking later, EU consumer affairs Commissioner Meglena Kuneva said the decision would "strengthen ...
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