A six-year-old Massachusetts law requiring that only “fire-safe” cigarettes (FSCs) be sold in the state appears to decrease the likelihood of unintentional residential fires caused by cigarettes by 28%, according to a new study by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers.
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-02-massachusetts-fire-safe-cigarette-law-decrease.html
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