# CPSC, Montrose Wholesale Candies & Sundries Inc. Announce Recall of Illegally Imported Cigarette Lighters
> **CPSC recall** · 2002-12-19 · 03054 · 1 injuries reported
## Recall
- **Number:** 03054
- **Date:** 2002-12-19
- **Injuries reported:** 1
## Products

Disposable Cigarette Lighter

## Hazards

The lighters do not have child-resistant mechanisms, as required by federal law. Young children could ignite the lighters, presenting fire and burn hazards.

## Retailer(s)

Convenience, gas, and grocery stores in the central U.S. sold these disposable cigarette lighters, from September 2002 through December 2002, for about $1.

## Importer(s)

Montrose Wholesale Candies and Sundries Inc., of Chicago, Ill.

## Country of manufacture

France

## Description

The disposable cigarette lighters being recalled are oval-tube-shaped "BIC" and mini- "BIC" brand lighters. The lighters have a green, red, blue, black or yellow body and a metal top. "BIC" and "Made in France" are imprinted into the metal top of the lighter. A label on the lighter reads, "WARNING KEEP AWAY FROM CHILDREN." The recalled lighters are not equipped with a metal shield over the spark wheel. The child-resistant lighters have that shield. The recalled standard size lighters have the UPC number "3 086120 600020" and the mini-lighters have the UPC number "3 086120 600051."

## Source
- [CPSC recall page](https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2003/CPSC-Montrose-Wholesale-Candies--Sundries-Inc-Announce-Recall-of-Illegally-Imported-Cigarette-Lighters-)
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