CPSC, Gladstrong Investments USA Announce Recall of Disposable Lighters
4-Year-Old Girl Died in Fire After Playing with Firm's Lighter
Press Release # 01-124
Transcript
There is no spoken audio for this video but there are background sounds. The picture sequence is as follows:
- Screen reading: "The lighters recalled today have the brand name
"BODA-BING," "GIL," "HAPPY," or "WAX" stamped on both sides of their metal tops. These lighters were sold nationwide from January 1998 through February 2001. Consumers should stop using these lighters immediately and return them to the store where purchased for a refund. For more information, call Gladstrong at (877) 666-0664."
- View of four lighters.
- Close up view of someone lighting the lighter.
- Screen reading: "In addition to the lighters recalled today, CPSC is warning companies about some other dangerous lighters that have already been recalled. Novelty lighters made to look like toys can lure children into touching them. These lighters should also be child-resistant. The novelty lighters pictured here were recalled because they did not include a child-resistant feature."
- View of a variety of novelty lighters.
- Close up view of novelty lighters. They include a bicycle, racecar, dog, gun, crab and dragon.
- View of a person lighting each lighter.
- Screen reading: "Cigarette lighters without child-resistant mechanisms: The CPSC standard requires that disposable cigarette lighters and novelty lighters made since 1994 must be hard for children under 5 years of age to operate. Novelty lighters are often in the shape of toys or other objects that appeal to children."
- Screen reading: "Cigarette lighters continued: according to CPSC data, the safety standard has helped reduce fire deaths from children playing with lighters by 43 percent since 1994. CPSC estimates that the standard for child-resistant lighters and novelty lighters should help save more than 100 lives each year. Never allow children access to cigarette or novelty lighters."
- End