---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 C.F.R. § 1210.3"
title: "16"
number: "1210.3"
heading: "Requirements for cigarette lighters."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/16/1210.3"
---

# §1210.3. Requirements for cigarette lighters.

- (a) A lighter subject to this part 1210 shall be resistant to successful operation by at least 85 percent of the child-test panel when tested in the manner prescribed by [§ 1210.4](/cfr/16/1210.4.md).
- (b) The mechanism or system of a lighter subject to this part 1210 that makes the product resist successful operation by children must:
  - (1) Reset itself automatically after each operation of the ignition mechanism of the lighter,
  - (2) Not impair safe operation of the lighter when used in a normal and convenient manner,
  - (3) Be effective for the reasonably expected life of the lighter, and
  - (4) **Not be easily overriden or deactivated.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2056, 2058, 2079(d).

### Source

Source: 58 FR 37584, July 12, 1993, unless otherwise noted.