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CPSC and Paik International Announce Cigarette Lighter Recall

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Name of Product:
Cigarette Lighter
Hazard:

The lighters do not have safety devices that prevent young children from igniting the lighters.

Remedy:
Refund
Recall Date:
October 22, 1996
Units:

Approximately 500,000

Consumer Contact

For more information, consumers should call Paik International at (212) 545-1667.

Phone

Recall Details

Description:

WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Paik International, of Flushing, N.Y., is recalling approximately 500,000 disposable butane cigarette lighters that do not comply with CPSC safety standards. The lighters do not have safety devices that prevent young children from igniting the lighters.

CPSC and Paik International are not aware of any injuries involving these cigarette lighters. This recall is being conducted to prevent the possibility of injury.

The non-refillable disposable cigarette lighters have red, yellow, green, blue, or purple plastic bodies. A paper label on the lighter reads, "CAUTION...MADE IN CHINA."

Convenience and retail stores in New York sold these cigarette lighters from June 1995 to April 1996 for less than $1 each.

Consumers should stop using the cigarette lighters immediately and return them to the store where purchased for a full refund. For more information, consumers should call Paik International at (212) 545-1667.

CPSC's standard for child-resistant lighters, which went into effect on July 12, 1994, is intended to reduce the 150 deaths, 1,000 injuries, and more than 5,000 residential fires caused annually by children under the age of five playing with lighters.

CPSC learned of this problem during joint surveillance with the U.S. Customs Service.

Remedy:

Consumers should stop using the cigarette lighters immediately and return them to the store where purchased for a full refund.

Incidents/Injuries:

CPSC and Paik International are not aware of any injuries involving these cigarette lighters. This recall is being conducted to prevent the possibility of injury.

Sold At:
Convenience and retail stores in New York sold these cigarette lighters from June 1995 to April 1996 for less than $1 each.
Recall number:
97-007

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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risk of injury associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product-related incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. Since the CPSC was established more than 50 years ago, it has worked to ensure the safety of consumer products, which has contributed to a decline in injuries associated with these products.

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