Product Design
(Self- Extinguishing Cigarettes)
Abstract
Telex about a UPI article that said the National Safety Council, "citing sensitive conditions in the tobacco industry, has refused to support development of a self-extinguishing cigarette designed to prevent accidental fires." Says the National Association of Furniture Manufacturers asked the CPSC to require such a cigarette be developed to stop fires in upholstered furniture and help it meet requirements for more fire-resistant fabrics. States the CPSA it "uncovered some serious sensitivities about doing anything that might upset a rather delicate balance that now seems to exist in the tobacco industry," and that the "potential adverse consequences on both sides of this issue slightly favor our remaining silent." The furniture group told the Council that a cigarette which burns out if not puffed on could "stop 97% of the fires started by carelessly dropped cigarettes" and said such a product would "save thousands of lives and millions of dollars." Says the tobacco industry believes a self-extinguishing cigarette is not possible from a practical standpoint.
Fields
- Hypothesis
- Introduction of new/unconventional productsResearch and development of novel nicotine delivery devices and experimental tobacco designs.
- Keyword
- Fire safe
- Named Organization
- Natl Assn of Furniture Mfg
- Natl Safety Council
- Technology/Method
- Fire safe cigarette
- Subject
- Burn Rate (Design)
- Fire Safe Cigarettes (Products)
- Formulas (Design)
- Novel Cigarette Devices (Products)
- Paper (Design)
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