Texas joined numerous other states last week in implementing a law requiring tobacco retailers to sell only fire-safe cigarettes. Maybe this will be the nudge more smokers need to safeguard their health. That would be a pipe dream that could save lives.

Texas retailers have a bit of time to get rid of their current cigarette stocks, then they must offer only the fire-safe smokes. Technology has evolved so that cigarettes can be constructed in a way that if not puffed or left unattended, they will burn out before they can start a fire. For instance, of an unattended cigarette in an ...

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