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  NOVELTY LIGHTERS ARE DANGEROUS IGNITION SOURCES, NOT CUTE  STOCKING STUFFERS, GROUPS WARN   FASNY & NYPIRG call for NY to Join Other States and Ban Novelty Lighters (NEW YORK – 12/10/12) - Firefighter organizations, including the Firemen’s Association of the State of New York (FASNY), the Office of Fire…

ALBANY— Firefighters and consumers groups are urging New York lawmakers to ban novelty lighters that look like toys. Fifteen states, including Massachusetts and Maine, have such laws in place. The U.S. Fire Administration supports bans on novelty lighters to cut down on fires set by children. Kids are attracted to…

ALBANY— Firefighters and consumers groups are urging New York lawmakers to ban novelty lighters that look like toys. Fifteen states, including Massachusetts and Maine, have such laws in place. part time work from home jobs The U.S. Fire Administration supports bans on novelty lighters to cut down on fires set…

ALBANY, N.Y. — Firefighters and consumers groups are urging New York lawmakers to ban novelty lighters that look like toys. Fifteen states, including Massachusetts and Maine, have such laws in place. The U.S. Fire Administration supports bans on novelty lighters to cut down on fires set by children. Kids are…

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Firefighters and consumers groups are urging New York lawmakers to ban novelty lighters that look like toys. Fifteen states, including Massachusetts and Maine, have such laws in place. The U.S. Fire Administration supports bans on novelty lighters to cut down on fires set by children. Kids…

ALBANY, NY (AP) - Firefighters and consumers groups are urging New York lawmakers to ban novelty lighters that look like toys. Fifteen states, including Massachusetts and Maine, have such laws in place. The U.S. Fire Administration supports bans on novelty lighters to cut down on fires set by children. Kids…

ALBANY, N.Y. - These lighters are shaped like toy trucks, Christmas ornaments, even cartoon characters - and New York State fire officials want them banned. At a press conference Monday, officials warned consumers that uniquely-shaped cigarette lighters are becoming more and more attractive to children. Cookies, tiny tractors, dinosaurs, even…

ALBANY — Firefighters from around New York gathered at the state Capitol to warn about the sort of danger that comes with a disturbing camouflage: lighters that do their best to look like children's toys. Devices on display included a metal tractor that resembled a classic plaything right down to the…

Don't buy novelty lighters! That's the message firefighters and consumer advocates hope shoppers hear this holiday season. During a press conference in Albany Monday morning, the groups spoke of two Arkansas boys who died after setting their home on fire using a motorcycle shaped lighter. www.mobile-spy.com (http://www.mobile-spy.com They say kids…