From: LFPress.com
By Jennifer Bieman, The London Free Press
Assistant deputy fire chief Jack Burt says the fire that killed a woman yesterday was caused by careless smoking. (DEREK RUTTAn, The London Free Press)
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Known as “reduced ignition propensity cigarettes,” the smokes are designed to put themselves out when they’re not being puffed. Most often, commercial cigarettes are made with tiny concentric bands of porous and non-porous paper. When they burn, the dense paper sections allow less oxygen in, reducing the flame and the risk of a fire if the smoke is left unattended.
But smokes made for the illegal market, or those hand-rolled by smokers, don’t have those features and aren’t subject to quality-control testing, said Burt.
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