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About disposable cigarette lighters
Disposable cigarette lighters, including novelty lighters and cheap refillable lighters, are designed to produce a flame that sets cigarettes or other combustible materials alight.
Risks and injuries from the product
Faulty disposable cigarette lighters can cause burns or serious injuries if they:
- leak
- spit and splutter
- produce an unsafe flame
- produce an unsafe flame height
- have sharp edges
- spontaneously ignite
- spontaneously explode.
Things to look for when buying the product
Children can suffer serious burns from disposable lighters. For this reason, there’s a mandatory standard that suppliers and retailers must comply with.
Only buy and use disposable lighters that comply with the disposable cigarette lighters mandatory standard.
Design and construction
- The lighter has a device that stops small children from accidentally operating the lighter.
- This device may be a button that must be activated before it can work, a release catch that enables the spark wheel to be used, or a metal guard that must be pressed firmly in order to rotate the spark wheel.
Marks and labels
- The lighter must be permanently marked with the name of the manufacturer or distributor.
- The lighter must be marked with the warning.
The warning must include the words:
- 'Keep away from children', or
- 'Keep out of reach of children'.
How to use the product safely
Keep lighters out of the reach of children.