BBC report: Fire-safe cigarettes delay costing lives
Anti-smoking campaigners say lives will be lost because of a delay in bringing in new self-extinguishing cigarettes.
So-called fire-safe cigarettes burn out quickly when dropped, meaning they are less likely to cause fires in the home.
They were due to be introduced across the EU later this year, but work on developing an EU standard is running at least six months behind schedule.
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