Article: New airline security rules could put a damper on Zippo lighters: Ban on butane, some kinds of lighters will cut sales by 30 percent,; the company says

Article: Zippo, the reusable cigarette lighter company, upset by U.S. airport ban
AP Worldstream;  March 3, 2005 ;     368 words ......their case. Millions of the metal, rectangular lighters are bought on impulse at duty-free shops and at...as mementos. Now, the company fears disposable lighters will drain their business. The ban also means...Zippo, the company said. The company makes all its lighters in Bradford, a town in northwest ...

Article: MATCHES, LIGHTERS CAN BE DEADLY, DESTRUCTIVE
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  December 12, 2007 ;     430 words ......Burnsville issued the following news release: Lighters and matches are common in almost every...transport and easy to use, matches and lighters are convenient and effective, but can...cited as a factor in a fire's ignition by lighters or matches, 37 percent of these fires...

Article: AP: TSA Allows Lighters Without Fuel
AP Online;  May 17, 2005 ;     373 words ......Administration has changed a rule banning unfilled lighters in checked luggage on U.S. airliners...said earlier this year that banning all lighters from luggage could have cut into their...million of its signature brass-and-chrome lighters last year. It also sells millions of...

Article: Old lighters can be matchless delights
Chicago Sun-Times;  June 5, 1992 ;     379 words ......s "Lighter Lady," Karen Cairo, has over 3,000 lighters, and that's after only four years of collecting. Cairo advises "Don't ever throw old lighters away." All old lighters - those with wicks and flints - have value, from...

Article: LIGHTERS UNDER FIRE NOTICES WARN OF CHILDREN'S DANGER.(Living Today)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  February 26, 1989 ;     700+ words ......is showing up on disposable cigarette lighters - warnings to keep them away from children...the packages, it has warnings on the lighters themselves and on the displays in stores...education, to remind people to keep the lighters out of the reach of children. But, says...

Article: Placement is key for lighters. (cigarette lighters retailing in chain drug stores)
Chain Drug Review;  September 23, 1991 ;     476 words ...Placement is key for lighters NEW YORK - While cigarette lighters have profit margins comparable to or higher than most...from 35% to 50% and annual turnover rate of six times, lighters are natural checkstand fixtures. Drug chains, however...

Article: Airplane ban on lighters begins.(Capital Region)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  April 14, 2005 ;     242 words ......are prohibited from carrying cigarette lighters on board. The Transportation Security...federal ban, passed late last year, on lighters aboard aircraft or beyond the security...get used to the idea of leaving their lighters behind. At Albany International Airport...

Article: Cigarette lighters no longer allowed on commercial airliners
University Wire;  March 9, 2005 ;     585 words ......that they must leave behind: Cigarette lighters. On Feb. 28, officials from the Transportation...oversees aviation security, announced that lighters would be banned on all aircraft and in...airport areas. "By creating a policy to add lighters to the prohibited items, we are closing...

Article: Airlines ban some pet travel: ; Companies say cargo holds get too hot in summer
Charleston Daily Mail;  June 1, 2000 ;     182 words ......allow pets to be checked as baggage because of dangerous heat in cramped cargo holds. Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines will not allow animals to be checked...Many carriers also charge a fee - around $75 - to check animals in cargo holds.

Article: CPSC, SHINE INTERNATIONAL TRADING CO. INC. ANNOUNCE RECALL OF CIGARETTE LIGHTERS
Regulatory Intelligence Data;  October 14, 1999 ;     306 words ......Flushing, N.Y., is recalling about 2.4 million cigarette lighters. The lighters child-resistant mechanisms fail to meet the requirements...Product Safety Act. Young children could ignite the lighters, presenting fire and burn hazards. Additionally...

Article: US CPSC: CPSC, firms announce recalls of stairway gates and lighters.
M2 Presswire;  June 4, 1999 ;     567 words ......announce recalls of stairway gates and lighters (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE...Monday through Friday. PRODUCT: Cigarette Lighters - C & H Trading, of Metairie, La...000 disposable and novelty cigarette lighters. The recalled disposable lighters are...

Article: Surrender cigarette lighters that look like real guns, warn police
The Malay Mail;  October 2, 2003 ;     305 words ......cool" to own one, but using cigarette lighters which look like real guns can land...police after they seized 123 gun- lighters, 77 of which weighed and looked exactly like the real thing. The lighters, resembling .38 Smith and Wesson revolver...

Article: Ban on lighters on U.S. aircraft goes into effect
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  April 14, 2005 ;     534 words ......The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 04-14-2005 Ban on lighters on U.S. aircraft goes into effect -- Prohibited...more thing that air travelers must leave at home: lighters. Unlike guns, knives and other dangerous items that...on in their pockets but may stow in checked bags, lighters are banned from anywhere ...

Article: FLIERS MUST LEAVE LIGHTERS HOME.(News)
The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY);  April 14, 2005 ;     600 words ......will give fliers the choice of handing over their lighters at security checkpoints or turning around and...shops. But airport spokesman Ted Bushelman said lighters cannot be mailed home because they're also contraband...Kentucky airport is in the process of installing lighters in its designated smoking ...