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Doyle Signs Bill Requiring Fire-Safe Cigarettes Save Email Print
Posted: 1:24 PM Apr 8, 2008
Last Updated: 1:24 PM Apr 8, 2008
Reporter: Associated Press

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- All cigarettes sold in Wisconsin will have to be the type that automatically extinguish when they're not being smoked under a bill signed into law by Gov. Jim Doyle.

Wisconsin now joins 22 other states in requiring that only fire-safe cigarettes be sold.

The measure had the support of firefighters and emergency responders and was not opposed by tobacco companies.

Doyle signed the bill at a Beloit fire station on Tuesday.

He says the new law will ensure that smokers reduce the risk they pose to themselves and others.

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Posted by: Phil Location: Madison on Apr 8, 2008 at 05:39 PM
There should be a federal law banning the use of anything but safer cigarettes. There would be many lives and lots of money saved as a result. Fire departments should be pushing congress to do something.



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