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Show Finds Cigarette Fire Hazard Can Be Reduced Washington. Cigarettes tipper) with a double thickness of pappp substantially lowers the Ore haznrrt from discarded "butts, according to tests recently conducted by tlm United States bureau of standards. Tests made with tipped cigarettes showed that with half-length fast burning cigarettes, an average of four, fires occurred for every ten trials. With tips of the same length made of paper used on slow-burning cigarettes, only one out of every four trials resulted In a fire. |