Responses From Tobacco Companies
Philip Morris USA (PM) now actively supports legislation. Philip Morris uses cigarette paper technology known as "banded cigarette paper" to comply with the performance standard in the FSC laws. This is created by applying bands to the cigarette paper using ingredients already used in non-FSCs. Its FSCs are labeled with the term “FSC” on the pack above the UPC. The company has reported that the widely-used adhesive polymers EVA and PVA are used as side-seam adhesives in its cigarettes. Philip Morris USA does not distinguish levels of use between regular and fire-safe cigarettes. However, the amounts stated do not exceed 0.6% combined.
In October 2007, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (RJR) said that by the end of 2009 it would only be selling FSCs in the United States.
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