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Improved building codes requiring smoke detectors and water sprinklers, self-extinguishing cigarettes, and overall decreased rates of smoking have probably had a much bigger impact on the number of fires and fire deaths than the flammability standard.
Sarah Janssen: New Study Lends Further Evidence That California's Flammability Standard Puts Vulnerable Populations at Risk Sarah Janssen 2011
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Improved building codes requiring smoke detectors and water sprinklers, self-extinguishing cigarettes, and overall decreased rates of smoking have probably had a much bigger impact on the number of fires and fire deaths than the flammability standard.
Sarah Janssen: New Study Lends Further Evidence That California's Flammability Standard Puts Vulnerable Populations at Risk Sarah Janssen 2011
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Improved building codes requiring smoke detectors and water sprinklers, self-extinguishing cigarettes, and overall decreased rates of smoking have probably had a much bigger impact on the number of fires and fire deaths than the flammability standard.
Sarah Janssen: California's Flammability Standard Puts Children at Risk Sarah Janssen 2011
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Improved building codes requiring smoke detectors and water sprinklers, self-extinguishing cigarettes, and overall decreased rates of smoking have probably had a much bigger impact on the number of fires and fire deaths than the flammability standard.
Sarah Janssen: New Study Lends Further Evidence That California's Flammability Standard Puts Vulnerable Populations at Risk Sarah Janssen 2011
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Improved building codes requiring smoke detectors and water sprinklers, self-extinguishing cigarettes, and overall decreased rates of smoking have probably had a much bigger impact on the number of fires and fire deaths than the flammability standard.
Sarah Janssen: California's Flammability Standard Puts Children at Risk Sarah Janssen 2011
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One of his last inventions was the self-extinguishing cigarette that put it self out by use of a pellet of water located just below the filter.
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Then the museum faced another problem: The cigarette was made of self-extinguishing paper to conform to fire-safety regulations.
Virginia's Slim Pickings for Smokes Betsy McKay 2011
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But it was made with self-extinguishing paper, and Mr. Xu wasn't sure it would burn well alone.
Virginia's Slim Pickings for Smokes Betsy McKay 2011
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The fact that the product killed their consumers did nothing to raise the standards of the industry; it prompted more seductive marketing strategies in order to replace the self-extinguishing users with new subscribers.
Rev. Barbara Kaufmann: When the Empire Strikes, Will the People Strike Back? Rev. Barbara Kaufmann 2011
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Improved building codes requiring smoke detectors and water sprinklers, self-extinguishing cigarettes, and overall decreased rates of smoking have probably had a much bigger impact on the number of fires and fire deaths than the flammability standard.
Sarah Janssen: New Study Lends Further Evidence That California's Flammability Standard Puts Vulnerable Populations at Risk Sarah Janssen 2011
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