| Date |
Summary |
Information |
| 1854 |
1st USA patent for FSC |
Not for FSC but for cylindrical metal attachment which might be used
for cigarettes |
| 1917-19 |
US in WWI |
Boost in
cigarette usage |
| 1929 |
Rep. Rogers involved |
Cigarette-ignited fire in Lowell MA caught attention
of Edith Norse Rogers (D-MA); she called
for NBS to develop technology for "self-snubbing" cigarette |
| 1932 |
NBS develops method for FSC |
NBS developed method for FSC; Boston
Herald American story about Edith Nourse Rogers' efforts for a FSC |
| 1941-45 |
US in WWII |
Another bigger boost in cigarette usage |
| 1950 |
Readers Digest article |
Reader's Digest article "So
You Want to Burn to Death!"; CA fire marshal suggests self-extinguishing cigarettes |
| 1952 |
A McGuire's burn injury |
Burned when bathrobe ignited at the
stove on his seventh birthday |
| 1957 |
Link: smoking and cancer |
Surgeon
General Leroy Burney says that official
US position is that there is a link between smoking and cancer |
| 1957 |
PM has FSC clue |
Philip
Morris employee suggests paper bands to self-extinguish
cigarettes if not puffed upon |
| 1958 |
Tobacco Institute |
Tobacco
Institute incorporated |
| 1961 |
PM explores FSC |
Philip Morris briefly explored flame-retardants
for cigarettes |
| 1962 |
Cohn patent |
Charles
Cohn receives first of many patents for FSC - adding silicate
to paper (read link) |
| 1964 |
Surgeon General's Report |
Surgeon General Luther L. Terry (1961-1965) issues
Smoking
and Health, the first report to receive widespread media attention |
| 1970 |
Banning of cigarette ads on radio and TV |
The Public
Health Cigarette Smoking Act passes Congress;
bans ads on TV and radio; requires annual report on the health effects
of smoking |