In Ukraine, may prohibit the sale of lighters

Because of the lighter often affects children.

Lighters can be exotic in Ukrainian stores. The Ministry of economic development and trade (MEDT) has put up for public discussion the draft decree, which envisages changes in rules governing retail sales of non-food products.

In fact, all the amendments deal exclusively with the lighters, which, according to officials, are perhaps the most dangerous of goods in Russian supermarkets.

As indicated in the analysis, particularly dangerous lighters for children. Meanwhile, those who have unlimited access to this product.

The Ministry propose to do to ban the sale of a whole list of lighters. In the black list, in particular, can get lighter with a “custom design” resembles the shape of cartoon characters, toys, guns, watches, musical instruments, etc.

In General, lists all potentially interesting patterns, moreover is advantageous for sellers because they are more expensive than standard counterparts. If you follow this list, leave in only the most standard a cheap plastic lighter.

In the Ministry claim that their requirements are fully comply with European standards. In the report of the Ministry of trade and industry, UK listed, lighters cause 1:2 thousand fires, 260 injuries and 20 deaths per year. However, this data is rather outdated –the study was conducted in 1997. But the authors of the project say that since then little has changed – the situation is now extremely dire.

And here is another argument in support of his innocence: in the United States after the introduction of restrictions for traders lighters, the number of accidents and fires decreased by 60%.

However, as foreign experience in our country,officials can’t explain. They admit that the research on the role of lighters in the statistics of accidents in Ukraine was conducted. There is only the common data for the 1st quarter of this year, the country recorded 112 accidents with children under the age of 14 years, associated with fire. 107 traumatized children, and five died.

All in all, Ukraine was more than 41 thousand fires, which is 54% higher than a year earlier. Their main cause was careless handling of fire.

It should be noted that lighter – enough seller in domestic retail. Over the year the us imported an average of 122 million units the First of this year, imported 22 million units, of which 17 million gas. A large part of the lighter is shipped from China. Among them, there are many of goods which are prohibited for sale in EU and US. For example, last year we brought 1 thousand lighters in the form of pliers, a 250 – gun and as many as 200 thousand pieces with LEDs.Clearly, they can appeal to children. And profitable for sellers, as there are at least five times more expensive than standard.

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