STATES PUSH fireproof CIGARETTES

The states to bypass more than 30 years of the tobacco industry opposition to the federal legislation safe cigarettes, having transferred own laws which demand from sale by self-fading cigarettes.

The list of the states, with such laws on books will extend to 32 in 2009, almost three times number, such laws in the beginning of 2007.

After the federal legislation - for the first time it is offered in 1974, and it was not possible to the last in 2006 with opposition from outside the tobacco industry - the decision to change the strategy and assistance to the state requirements was accepted, Manager Grigory Kejd has declared American Fire.

The end of 2009 14 states will join to 18 that sellers already demand to buy and sell only fireproof cigarettes which are intended to leave if they have fallen or is cancelled, Charles Lotaringii, the vice-president on communications on National association of fire protection and the Coalition for fireproof cigarettes has told.

Fireproof cigarettes will be carried by a binding character in the State of Delaware, Iowa, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Texas the beginning has told on January, 1st it. Laws come into force within a year in the State of Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Washington and Wisconsin. Six more states intend to pass laws, in 2010 and seven others there are offers in work, Charles speaks.

Senator Richard Durbin, D-Ill. Has submitted for consideration federal fireproof cigarettes of the legislation in 2005 and congressman Ed of Mark, D-Mass., have made it in 2006, according to Dzhessika Shefer, the director of Mark of communications. She has told that has been met with strong opposition from lobbist firm, and, considering success at the state level, there is no plan to restore it.

"The government essentially did not want... To pass the laws limiting trade", Kejd has told.

David Hovard, representative R.J. Reynolds, taking the second place in the USA the largest tobacco company, speaks, RJ Rejnolds against the federal legislation, not because of cost, but as it does not include "anticipating language," the Prevention of the states and settlements from the near, different positions.

John Banzhaf, the professor of responsibility for quality of production at George Vashingtona's university and the founder of actions concerning smoking and health, National board on struggle against organisation smoking, has the major value as the tobacco industry "has very openly struggled practically all.

According to the American fireman the administration, almost 1000 smoking and non-smoking people annually dies in the house fires caused by cigarettes and other products of smoking.

2004 fire New York safe cigarettes to the right was the first. Лорен Rivera, with New York State department has declared in 2004 was 31 smoking of the death connected with fire. By 2006, the latest available data, this number was reduced to 22.

Howard has told R.J. Reynolds will begin manufacture of all of the cigarette fire safe by the end of 2009.

Phillip Morris USA, the largest tobacco company, will not do cigarettes all by its fire safe, but "will continue to work with the states", representative David Satton has told.

Rumors about the rise in price of cigarettes subject to increasingly

Residents of Donetsk region are preparing to increase the price of cigarettes by buying their entire blocks. The journalists decided to check the veracity of such rumors.

By region spread information that the price of cigarettes has risen to 20 UAH. However, among those surveyed have never met anyone like the value of tobacco products in stores.

Typically, the cause of the rise in prices is the increase in excise tax rates on cigarettes. During the 2009 excise tax was increased by more than 5 times. Recent rises by almost a third took place in May. Representatives of manufacturing companies claim that information about price increases in October - no more than rumors.

According to Artem Skorikova, trade representative of the tobacco companies, distributors in these rumors do not believe, and information on the raised prices for cigarettes in supermarkets is false.

In the near future tobacco companies do not plan to increase the cost of production. However, in this case everything depends on government decisions. Cabinet has already sent to the Verkhovna Rada of the next bill to increase the excise tax on tobacco products. If accepted, the price of cigarettes will rise by 20-30 per cent.

Elena Pischenko, Communications Manager of the tobacco company, confirmed that the prospects of higher prices depend on the decision of the Cabinet. Today, prices remain unchanged. A small increase is observed only in the segment of cheap cigarettes. Thus, the price of cigarettes "Cossack" and "Prima" increased by 0.25 UAH.