Comments on: Fire Safe – LIP Paper supplies

By: TAZ

TAZ — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:10:14 +0000

Europe: “Fire-Safe” Cigarettes To Be Required By 2011
The European Commission said August 5th that by 2011 at the latest, all cigarettes sold across the EU should meet “fire-safe” standards being developed by the independent European Committee for Standardisation so they self-extinguish if they are not being smoked. In 2007, the EU’s 27 member nations approved a commission proposal requiring cigarette makers to use fire-retardant paper in all cigarettes sold in the EU to reduce the number of fires caused by lit cigarettes. Commission spokesman ton Van Lierop said the new type of cigarettes will become mandatory by 2011. He added that the “fire-safe” requirement is not expected to lead to price increases. According to data from 14 EU member nations and Norway and Iceland, cigarette-related fires account for about 11,000 fires every year (Agence France Presse 8/5).

By: TAZ

TAZ — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:23:31 +0000

Fourteen states and Washington D.C. have implemented similar fire-safe
cigarette laws (new PA law) and 22 have passed such legislation, according to the
Coalition for Fire-Safe Cigarettes.

By: RENEGADE

RENEGADE — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:48:15 +0000

I have heard that LIP paper increases the level of toxins in a cigarette when burned. Is this true?

By: Troubadour

Troubadour — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 05:02:11 +0000

I was in NY this week and is really true that NY State is going to tax little cigars the same as cigarettes?
I mention this because it was implied that little cigars would therefore have to use LIP. Can anyone confirm this? Would this be a first in the country?

By: CIG GUY

CIG GUY — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:24:55 +0000

I was thinking about this but who evaluates performance.

By: Walter Raleigh

Walter Raleigh — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:30:23 +0000

Chris – I assume you would think that Liggett Vector did the right move. Was this so they would have supplies?What is the actual cost per pack of cigarettes?

By: Chris Crawley

Chris Crawley — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:29:12 +0000

Many smaller companies are considering migrating 100% to LIP. This makes manufacturing operations simpler and avoids the cost of short batch production of pack blanks and possible fines associated with non-compliance.
However this adds considerably to their costs.
In the discount market this is a huge disadvantage and probably accounts for why present uptake is slow.

One disadvantage of non-migration to LIP is when a manufacturer does decide to migrate to LIP there may not be any supplies or only high priced product available.

By: Patriot

Patriot — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:25:40 +0000

Aren’t manufacturers just moving towards LIP rather than having two production lines?