Fire-Safe Cigarettes To Decrease Md. House Fires

BALTIMORE (WJZ) ― A change in Maryland law may help stamp out the number one cause of house fires. Political Reporter Pat Warren reports only "fire-safe" cigarettes can be legally sold in the state now. Three children and five adults died in a Cecil Avenue house fire caused by careless smoking. Now there's another safety label on the cigarette pack, and this one is to save the lives of your children, your neighbors and the people who come to your rescue. Veronica Wheeler helped demonstrate how fire-safe cigarettes, FSC's automatically go out when unattended. The only way to keep them burning is to keep smoking. Maryland joins other states in limiting cigarette sales to FSC's. Veronica suffered a personal loss in the Cecil Street fire. "I knew the people that were in there. One of the little kids were my, with my family, and... [read full story]