Government Wants Lighter Makers to Keep Proving Kids Can't Start Fires Easily
Published Date: 12/1/2025
Notice
Summary
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is extending the paperwork rules for cigarette lighter makers to keep kids safe from accidental fires. This means manufacturers and importers must keep testing and records as before, with no new costs or big changes. Comments on this extension are open until December 29, 2025, so speak up if you want!
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
Continued Testing and Records Requirement
If you make or import cigarette lighters, you must keep following the Safety Standard (16 CFR part 1210) testing, recordkeeping, and reporting rules. CPSC estimates about 30 firms respond annually, with about 90 hours to compile a test record for a new model, 20 hours for recordkeeping per new model, 3 hours for each comparison lighter, and 1 hour reporting per product, totaling about 1,000 hours across firms per year (based on 4 new models and 139 comparison lighters).
Estimated Annual Compliance Costs
CPSC estimates the annual industry cost to prepare, maintain, and submit lighter testing records is between $54,406 and $126,618 depending on whether firms test in-house or outsource. CPSC also estimates outsourcing a test record costs about $25,000 per new model and that outsourcing all four new models would cost about $100,000; estimated reporting cost is $5,947 and recordkeeping cost is about $20,670 per year.
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