CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Jobon Torch Lighters Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Fire and Burn Hazards; Violates Mandatory Standard for Multipurpose Lighters
CPSC warning 26-130. Announced by CPSC on Dec 4, 2025.
- CPSC warning, not a recall
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Dec 4, 2025. Copied from CPSC on Oct 25, 2026.
- Stop using it what CPSC tells owners to do now (needs attention)
- About 13,000 units, as CPSC gives them
- Not said injuries, in the notice
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
CPSC issued this as a product safety warning, not a recall.
In CPSC’s words: “Jobon Official Store has not agreed to recall these lighters or offer a remedy to consumers.”
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Hearth Record wrote the first line; the words quoted are CPSC’s.
The lighters violate the mandatory standard for multipurpose lighters because they do not have the required child-resistant mechanisms, posing a risk of serious injury or death from fire and burn hazards.
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
CPSC urges consumers to stop using the lighters immediately and dispose of them in accordance with local disposal requirements. Do not sell or give away these hazardous lighters.
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Which ones does it cover?
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning consumers to immediately stop using Jobon butane torch lighters. The lighters violate the mandatory standard for multipurpose lighters because they do not have the required child-resistant mechanisms, posing a risk of serious injury or death from fire and burn hazards.CPSC issued a Notice of Violation to the seller, Wenzhou Zhongbang Smoking Set Manufacturing Co., Ltd., doing business as Jobon Official Store, of China. Jobon Official Store has not agreed to recall these lighters or offer a remedy to consumers. About 13,000 lighters were sold online at Amazon.com and about 150 lighters at Alibaba.com from April 2021 through September 2025 for about $20. The lighters were sold in a gray/brown color combination and have a side ignition trigger and a hands-free operation lock. “JOBON” is printed on the side of the lighter. CPSC is aware the firm may have also sold similar lighters in a gold/black color combination and camouflage print. These products were manufactured in China. CPSC urges consumers to stop using the lighters immediately and dispose of them in accordance with local disposal requirements. Do not sell or give away these hazardous lighters. Report any incidents involving injury or product defect to CPSC at www.SaferProducts.gov.
About 13,000 units, as CPSC gives them.
Jobon butane torch lighters.
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Who made and sold it?
- The notice names no firm.
- Amazon.com and about 150 lighters at Alibaba.com from April 2021 through September 2025 for about $20.
- Made in China, as the notice gives it.
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
The notice doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- The notice lists no UPCs, so check the model, the description and the photos.
- The notice lists no model numbers in a field of their own; its description may give them.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Product safety warnings.
Released Oct 19, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
Recalls of kids’ and home products are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record. Copied on Oct 25, 2026.