Reevaluation of Experimental Cigarettes Used in the Cigarette Safety Act of 1984. Report of Test.
Reevaluation of Experimental Cigarettes Used in the
Cigarette Safety Act of 1984. Report of Test.
(6110 K)
Harris, R. H., Jr.; Navarro, M.; Gann, R. G.; Eberhardt,
K. R.
Report of Test FR 3984; 7 p. May 1991.
Sponsor:
Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC
Keywords:
cigarettes; ignition; statistics
Abstract:
Experimental cigarettes which had been stored for
several years in freezers were reevaluated on mockups
constructed from the same materials in the original
study and statistically analyzed for differences in
their ignition propensity.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899