They’re cute and colorful and come in toy shapes such as ice cream cones, puppies, frogs and ponies. And they spit fire. Cartoonish plastic novelty lighters popping up increasingly in liquor stores ...

Here are some examples of novelty cigarette lighters that would be banned under Senate Bill 342, which was considered Thursday before a Senate committee. Nancy Niles Lusk of Overland Park purchased ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – As of Tuesday, July 12 novelty cigarette lighters can no longer be sold legally in Hawaii. The ban is part of a nationwide trend to keep children from starting fires with ...

Novelty lighters in plastic tubs are staple tools for fire marshals and public fire and life safety educators in Arkansas and throughout the United States. These toy-like devices, designed to look ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Legislators took on Nebraska novelty lighter sales on Tuesday, debating whether parents could be trusted to protect their children or whether the responsibility should fall to ...

A new Wisconsin bill would ban the sale of novelty lighters to anyone under the age of 18. The legislation targets lighters that look like toys, play music, or have flashing lights. Supporters of the ...

When Southbridge Firefighter Rob Barton, the father of young twin boys, received a box of about 100 novelty cigarette lighters from the Maine state fire marshal, he was able to find toys in his house ...

The sale of novelty lighters shaped like toys, guns and cartoon characters could soon be banned under a bill poised to pass the state Legislature next week. The state Senate this week passed the ...