Improving the Fire Safety of Cigarettes: An Economic Impact Analysis

摘要

The Cigarette Safety Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-567) created the Technical Study Group (TSG) on Cigarette and Little Cigar Fire Safety to investigate the technical and commercial feasibility, economic impact and other consequences of developing cigarettes and little cigars with 'minimum propensity' to ignite upholstered furniture and mattresses. The report supports the TSG by identifying potential economic impacts from reducing the ignition propensity of cigarettes, documenting a model for assessing economic impacts, and presenting the results of the economic impact analyses for five selected cigarette modifications. The modifications studied address a broad range of cigarette design characteristics: tobacco content, circumference, paper weight, paper porosity, and chemical additives. The impact categories covered by the model include fire losses (deaths, injuries, and property damage), tobacco farming, cigarette manufacturing, Federal excise tax revenue, consumer surplus, health, and employment.