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 ...

PITTSVILLE − Almost two decades ago, Fire Chief Jerry Minor's granddaughter brought him a Weekly Reader from school and showed him an article her second-grade class had read about novelty lighters.

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 ...

These toy-like devices are currently outlawed in other European countries, but have yet to be outlawed in the United States. In attendance at the Clarksville City Council regarding the efforts of ...

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 ...

AUGUSTA, Maine -- While in a small southern Maine grocery store with his mother last June 12 to buy sandwiches, Shane St. Pierre picked up a miniature baseball bat and flicked the switch to see what ...

New Yorkers may no longer be able to buy lighters that look like the Statue of Liberty or that cute Some especially cute cigarette lighters. (Photo: Getty) New Yorkers may no longer be able to buy ...

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 ...

Think your lighter that looks like a hand grenade is "the bomb?" Well it may be the last you purchase in Maryland. Under a bill that is being proposed in the state legislature, retailers would be ...