Philip Morris USA may have all fire-safe cigarettes by 1st half of 2010..

August 1, 2009 - David Sutton, spokesman of Philip Morris USA commented on Arizona, as of August 1, 2009, selling only fire-safe cigarettes.

Sutton stated, The company prefers a national uniform standard. We are making a concerted effort to all of our national production by the first half of 2010."

In a previous news brief: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco with around 30% of the cigarette market, will start making all of its cigarettes fire-safe by the end of 2009. Liggett Group (with around two percent of the domestic market), announced on March 25, 2008 that it will convert all of its domestic (US) cigarette production standards to meet all state fire safety standards by January 2009. If Philip Morris, with over 50 percent of the domestic cigarette market would agree to start making all of its cigarettes fire-safe all other cigarette makers like Lorillard (with around 10 percent of the cigarette market) would join in. Lives could be lost - Philip Morris refuses to set date to convert to fire-safe cigarettes..

Just think: by the first half of 2010 then every state in the union would only sell fire-safe cigarettes.

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