CORESTA Congress, Berlin, 2016, Smoke Science/Product Technology Groups, ST 25
Has the EU reduced cigarette ignition propensity standard led to fewer fires and fire deaths?
SONDIK E.; SCHAENMAN P. (presented by GHOSH D.)
TriData LLC, Arlington, Virginia, U.S.A.
Careless smoking is one of the highest causes of fire deaths in most western nations. To reduce fire deaths, the EU mandated that all cigarettes sold from November 17, 2011, must pass an ISO test standard intended to reduce their ignition propensity....