Information About FSC Cigarettes
Are you noticing that you cigarette burns unevenly or even goes out? Chances are, you have just purchased a box of Fire Safe Cigarettes(FSC). FSC cigarettes are different and potentially more dangerous than normal cigarettes, as tobacco manufacturers are now implementing bands of a ‘less porous paper’ which slows down the burn of the cigarette as it reaches that area. If the cigarette is not smoked within one minute, it will go out by itself. FSC cigarettes are characterized by the “FSC” stamp on the side of the box or adjacent to the bar code. Visit, how do I know I have a box of FSC cigarettes?
The new FSC cigarettes were designed to reduce the number of residential fires in the United States due to the fact that cigarettes were and are still the leading cause of them. In an engineering aspect, the new FSC cigarettes may indeed work to reduce these fires, but new research information has been shown to demonstrate that these cigarettes may also contain more harmful chemical byproducts in them due to the chemical nature of these less porous bands of paper.
FSC cigarettes have began to make their way into retail stores nationwide and will soon become the mandatory product standard for tobacco cigarettes. Legislation is now either effective or will be passed in 49 states, with Wyoming having filed their legislation in 2009 and most likely will also be effective in the same year. In the 19 states that are still in the process of passing legislation, non-FSC cigarettes can by found by looking around, however don’t expect to enjoy that amenity for much longer.