FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 28, 2000
Release # 00-189
Halpern Recall Hotline: (800) 624-5280 CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: Ken Giles, (301) 504-7052
CPSC, Halpern Import Co. Announce Recall of Cigarette Lighters
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC), Halpern Import Co. Inc., of Atlanta, Ga., is
recalling about 350,000 disposable cigarette lighters. These lighters
can burn with a high flame and can fail to extinguish, presenting fire
and burn hazards.
CPSC and Halpern Import Co. have received one report of a woman
who received second degree burns on her chest when the lighter failed to
extinguish and ignited her clothing.
The disposable cigarette lighters being recalled are oval-tube-
shaped. "TURBO 2000" is printed on the body of the lighter. The
lighters have a green, red, blue, black or yellow body and a metal top.
A label on the lighter reads "CHILD-RESISTANT DISPOSABLE LIGHTER," "KEEP
OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN," and "MADE IN CHINA." UPC number 0 80692 05010
1 is printed on the back of the lighters.
Tobacco and thrift stores nationwide sold these lighters from June
1999 through May 2000 for about $1.
Consumers immediately should stop using these lighters and return
them to the store where purchased for a refund. For more information,
consumers should call Halpern Import Co. at (800) 624-5280 between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday.
