Fire Safety Standards for Cigarettes

Health Department Withdraws Proposed Regulations for Fire Safety Standards for Cigarettes, as Major Companies Agree to Voluntary Action

March 14, 2008. On October 10, 2007, the Baltimore City Health Department proposed regulations prohibiting sale in Baltimore City of any cigarettes not meeting the fire safety standard in advance of the state implementation date of July 1, 2008. [Press Release] [Fire Safe Cigarettes Website]

Comments on the Proposed Regulation on Fire Safety Standards for Cigarettes in Baltimore City

November 20, 2007.

• Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
• University of Maryland School of Law
• Injury Research Center at the Medical College of Wisconsin
• R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and Lorillard Tobacco Company
• Philip Morris USA
• Harvard School of Public Health

Baltimore City Health Department Proposes Fire Safety Standards for Cigarettes

October 10, 2007. Responding to a new study showing that cigarettes sold in Baltimore are substantially more likely to ignite fires than cigarettes sold in New York, the Baltimore City Health Department is proposing a regulation to reduce fatalities from fires. [Proposed Regulation] [Press Release]

New Study Shows Baltimore Cigarettes More Likely To Cause Fires Than Cigarettes Sold In New York

October 9, 2007. The Baltimore City Health Department is releasing a study conducted by investigators at the Harvard School of Public Health showing that cigarettes sold in Baltimore are more likely to ignite fires than cigarettes sold in New York and several other states that have implemented fire safety standards. [Harvard Study] [Press Release]