BOSTON — Cigarettes that snuff themselves out when left unattended may not be healthier, but fire safety officials are hoping they could save a life. A new law went into effect Tuesday in ...

Cathy Hedrick?s son, a Prince George?s County volunteer firefighter, died 15 years ago while trying to rescue a victim trapped in a blaze caused by an unattended cigarette. Supporters of a safe ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. — Tonya Moraffah takes a deep drag on her cigarette, feels the soothing surge of nicotine and explains what extinguished her 30-year, pack-a-day smoking habit. Every evening, she ...

Deadly and damaging fires caused by cigarettes have one lawmaker drawing up a new bill. He wants all cigarettes to be "fire-safe." The Oklahoma City Fire Department said it's about time. If the bill ...

Minnesota’s new law requiring that cigarettes sold in the state be of the “fire safe” variety is the most significant fire-safety legislation to hit the state since smoke alarms were mandated 30 years ...

ALBANY, GA (WALB) – One experiment Albany, GA firefighters conducted tested new fire safe cigarettes now mandated in Georgia. Those cigarettes are designed to go out if you stop smoking them.

Smokers who linger between drags on their cigarette may need to be a tad more careful in New York. Their smokes will self-extinguish if not puffed on regularly. Beginning Monday, New York becomes the ...

Self-extinguishing cigarettes could be coming to Illinois soon. If Gov. Rod Blagojevich signs new legislation into law, all cigarettes sold in the state will have the ability to put themselves out if ...

What do students think happens when cigarettes burn? How do their ingredients affect the body? What makes cigarettes addictive? Write students' responses on the chalkboard. Organize students into five ...