Novelty lighter

On May 11, 2006, the European Consumer Protection Commission adopted a decision requiring Member States to ensure that, from March 11, 2007, cigarette lighters are child-resistant when placed on the EU market. The decision also prohibits placing lighters on the market that resemble objects that are particularly attractive to children.^[1]

In the United States, Maine was the first state to ban the sale of novelty lighters. This ban came about after the son of a Maine fire chief singed his eyebrow on a novelty lighter shaped like a baseball bat.^[2] Since then, Illinois^[3], Virginia^{[citation needed]}, Tennessee^{[citation needed]}, Oregon^{[citation needed]}, Massachusetts^{[citation needed]}, Arkansas^{[citation needed]}, and Washington^[4] have also banned novelty lighters.

U.S. Senators Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced the “Protect Children from Dangerous Lighters Act” in 2008, which would ban these lighters nationally. It did not become law.^{[citation needed]}

Novelty lighters were banned from sale and manufacture in South Australia on 6 January 2010.^{[citation needed]}

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