- Author
- Lee, B. C.
- Title
- Health Effects Assessment Plan.
- Coporate
- Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC
- Report
- Volume 5, August 1993,
- Distribution
- Available from U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC 20207
- Keywords
- cigarettes | health hazards | toxicity
- Abstract
- The Fire-Safe Cigarette Act of 1990 requires the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in consultation with the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), to develop information on changes in the toxicity of smoke and resultant health effects of cigarettes with a reduced ability to start fires. The Act states that CPSC "shall not obligate more than $50,000 to develop such information." The Technical Advisory Group (TAG) established by the Act agreed that this amount precluded any significant testing of prototypes. The Act succeeds the Cigarette Safety Act of 1984 which established a Technical Study Group to examine the feasibility of developing cigarettes with lowered ignition potential. The Technical Study Group concluded it is technically feasible and may be commercially feasible to develop cigarettes that will have a significantly reduced propensity to ignite upholstered furniture or mattresses.