All cigarettes sold in Pennsylvania as of Jan. 1, 2009 are required to be “fire safe” under a bill signed into law by Governor Rendell and praised by PA State Fire Commissioner, Edward A. Mann.  Cigarettes are the leading cause of home fire fatalities in the United States every year, killing smokers and nonsmokers alike! “Fire-safe” cigarettes are rolled with bands of less porous, slow-burning paper, so if the cigarette is left unattended, it will go out when it burns down to one of those bands. This is a good step toward preventing hundreds of senseless deaths every year.