• Federal research was indicated to determine the feasibility of producing fire-safe cigarettes. (1981)

• Five modifications were recommended, which had a minimal price tag; in tobacco density, chemical additives, changes in cigarette circumference, paper weight and paper porosity.

• The technical study group concluded that it was technically and commercially feasible to develop cigarettes with a significant decrease in the ability of cigarettes to ignite furniture.

• A final technical point is that the tobacco industry is aware of the feasibility of the manufacturer of fire-safe cigarettes. In 1994 TV program "60 Minutes" aired a segment entitled 'Up in Smoke" detailing the efforts of the Phillip Morris Company to develop a fire-safe cigarette in 1980 which was subsequently found to be undistinguishable in taste from the commercial brand. 

• As of this date the fire-safe cigarette has not been released.

Fire-Safe Cigarette Legislative History

• In 1920, US Congresswoman Edith Rogers of Massachusetts introduced a bill calling for the development of a more fire safe cigarette as a method  of preventing forest fires.

• In 1978, Massachusetts Congressman Joseph Moakley introduced a bill calling on the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to regulate cigarettes as a fire hazard.