(USA) Careless smokers will have a new safeguard against accidentally starting a house fire, thanks to new fire-safe cigarettes going on the Texas market in the coming months.

The product of 2007 legislation, cigarettes sold in Texas beginning on Jan. 1, 2009 will include bands of less porous paper that should result in a slower-burning cigarette that goes out by itself if left unattended.

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