All cigarettes sold in Wisconsin would have to be the type that automatically extinguish when they’re not being smoked under a bill that has passed the Assembly.
Wisconsin would join 22 other states in requiring that only fire-safe cigarettes be sold should the bill also clear the Senate and be signed by the governor.
Tobacco companies do not oppose the measure, which has the support of firefighters and emergency responders.
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company plans to voluntarily switch all its cigarettes to the fire-safe kind by the end of next year.
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