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Vermont enacts fire-safe cigarette law.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(Brief Article)

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On June 17, Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas signed into law legislation requiring all cigarettes sold in the state to be "fire-safe," meaning self-extinguishing, as of May 1, 2006.

The Rutland (Vt.) Herald reported that nearly 40 state residents were killed from cigarette-related fires in the past 10 years, and between 1999 and 2003, 15 of 65 fire deaths were attributed to cigarettes.

"About one-quarter of the fire ...

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