US ISO 9994: 2005 Lighters — Safety specification/ US ISO 9994: 2005/Amd.1: 2008, Lighters — Safety specification

This standard establishes requirements for lighters to ensure a reasonable degree of safety for normal use or reasonably foreseeable misuse of such lighters by users. The safety specification given in this Standard applies to all flame-producing products commonly known as cigarette lighters, cigar lighters and pipe lighters. It does not apply to matches, nor does it apply to other flame-producing products intended solely for igniting materials other than cigarettes, cigars, and pipes. The safety specification given in this standard cannot eliminate all hazards, but is intended to reduce potential hazards to users.

Source of regulation

The Uganda National Bureau of standards 

Publication of regulation

UGANDA GAZETTE Vol. CVIII No. 20 of 21 April 2015 

Date of implementation

21 April 2015 

Regulation file