Letter from Sir Ken Knight, Chief Fire and Rescue Advisor to the UK Government, regarding implementation of the RIP standard.
Author: Sir Ken Knight Published By: CFRA Published : 26/11/2010
Reduced Ignition Propensity Cigarettes
Fires started by cigarettes cause death, disfigurement and distress which can be easily prevented by simple design changes to cigarettes. The tobacco industry has had the technology to make all cigarettes fire safer for at least 20 years. During that time 3,500 deaths from smoking-related fires occurred in the UK.
The RIP Coalition was created to put pressure on the Government to reduce this avoidable suffering through the introduction of sensible product regulation. ASH coordinates the RIP Coalition, which lobbied for reduced ignition propensity cigaretttes in the UK and Europe. We worked with the European RIP Alliance to campaign for standards to be set under the General Product Safety Directive.
On 17th November 2010 the CEN, Europe’s standard making body, published a new standard and test method (EN ISO 12863:2010 "Standard test method for assessing the ignition propensity of cigarettes"). On 31 December 2010, the British Standards Institution (BSI) published the standard BS EN 16156 (“Cigarettes - Assessment of the ignition propensity – safety requirement”).
The standards were adopted by the European Commission on 9 August 2011. The tobacco companies had until 17 November 2011 to ensure that cigarettes complied with the new standards.
RIP Implementation update by Sir Ken Knight
Letter from Sir Ken Knight, Chief Fire and Rescue Advisor to the UK Government, regarding implementation of the RIP standard.
Letter from Sir Ken Knight, Chief Fire and Rescue Advisor to the UK Government, regarding implementation of the RIP standard.
The Scientific Basis of Tobacco Product Regulation.
Report by the WHO Study Group on Tobacco Product Regulation which includes recommendations on 'fire safer' cigarettes and approaches to reduced ignition propensity. 2008.
Report by the WHO Study Group on Tobacco Product Regulation which includes recommendations on 'fire safer' cigarettes and approaches to reduced ignition propensity. 2008.
Standards Australia Press Release: Standard for Reduced fire risk cigarettes
Standards Australia released a new Australian Standard which tests the likelihood of cigarettes to self-extinguish if left unattended. The Standard, AS4830-2007 Determination of the extinction propensity of cigarettes was released 9 March 2007
Standards Australia released a new Australian Standard which tests the likelihood of cigarettes to self-extinguish if left unattended. The Standard, AS4830-2007 Determination of the extinction propensity of cigarettes was released 9 March 2007
The Coalition for Fire-safe cigarettes (US)
The Coalition for Fire-Safe Cigarettes has worked to save lives and prevent injuries and devastation from cigarette-ignited fires. U.S. citizens are now better protected from cigarette fires thanks to state passage of fire-safe cigarette legislation. The Coalition is now working to support states in the development of strategies to implement and enforce fire-safe cigarette laws and to measure the efficacy of the new standard
The Coalition for Fire-Safe Cigarettes has worked to save lives and prevent injuries and devastation from cigarette-ignited fires. U.S. citizens are now better protected from cigarette fires thanks to state passage of fire-safe cigarette legislation. The Coalition is now working to support states in the development of strategies to implement and enforce fire-safe cigarette laws and to measure the efficacy of the new standard
