EU TOBACCO LIGHTER STANDARDS CHILDREN SAFETY REGULATION
February 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is this week (FEB 7-8) proposing a compulsory standard making disposable cigarette lighters child resistant, transforming dangerous products widely available in small shops. It is tabling to the European Union's (EU) general product safety directive committee detailed technical rules already compulsory in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Announcing the move, Brussels said 34 to 40 people die annually in fires caused by children playing with easy-to-use lighters: many victims are children themselves. Voluntary ...
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