[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR1210.2]

[Page 309-310]
 
                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
             CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
 
PART 1210--SAFETY STANDARD FOR CIGARETTE LIGHTERS--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart A--Requirements for Child Resistance
 
Sec. 1210.2  Definitions.

    As used in this part 1210:
    (a) Cigarette lighter. See lighter.
    (b) Disposable lighter--means a lighter that either is:
    (1) Not refillable with fuel or
    (2)(i) Its fuel is butane, isobutane, propane, or other liquified 
hydrocarbon, or a mixture containing any of these, whose vapor pressure 
at 75  deg.F (24  deg.C) exceeds a gage pressure of 15 psi (103 kPa), 
and
    (ii) It has a Customs Valuation or ex-factory price under $2.00, as 
adjusted every 5 years, to the nearest $0.25, in accordance with the 
percentage changes in the monthly Wholesale Price Index from June 1993.
    (c) Lighter, also referred to as cigarette lighter, means a flame-
producing product commonly used by consumers to ignite cigarettes, 
cigars, and pipes, although they may be used to ignite other materials. 
This term does not include matches or any other lighting device intended 
primarily for igniting materials other than smoking materials, such as 
fuel for fireplaces or for charcoal or gas-fired grills. When used in 
this part 1210, the term lighter includes only the disposable and 
novelty lighters to which this regulation applies.
    (d) Novelty lighter means a lighter that has entertaining audio or 
visual effects, or that depicts (logos, decals, art work, etc.) or 
resembles in physical form or function articles commonly recognized as 
appealing to or intended for use by children under 5 years of age. This 
includes, but is not limited to, lighters that depict or resemble 
cartoon characters, toys, guns, watches, musical instruments, vehicles, 
toy animals, food or beverages, or that play musical notes or have 
flashing lights or other entertaining features. A novelty lighter may 
operate on any fuel, including butane or liquid fuel.
    (e) Successful operation means one signal of any duration from a 
surrogate lighter within either of the two 5-minute test periods 
specified in Sec. 1210.4(f).
    (f) Surrogate lighter means a device that: approximates the 
appearance, size, shape, and weight of, and is identical in all other 
factors that affect child resistance (including operation

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and the force(s) required for operation), within reasonable 
manufacturing tolerances, to, a lighter intended for use by consumers; 
has no fuel; does not produce a flame; and produces an audible or visual 
signal that will be clearly discernible when the surrogate lighter is 
activated in each manner that would normally produce a flame in a 
production lighter. (This definition does not require a lighter to be 
modified with electronics or the like to produce a signal. Manufacturers 
may use a lighter without fuel as a surrogate lighter if a distinct 
signal such as a ``click'' can be heard clearly when the mechanism is 
operated in each manner that would produce a flame in a production 
lighter and if a flame cannot be produced in a production lighter 
without the signal. But see Sec. 1210.4(f)(1).)
    (g) Model means one or more cigarette lighters from the same 
manufacturer or importer that do not differ in design or other 
characteristics in any manner that may affect child-resistance. Lighter 
characteristics that may affect child-resistance include, but are not 
limited to, size, shape, case material, and ignition mechanism 
(including child-resistant features).