CPSC, Halpern Import Co. Announce Recall of Cigarette Lighters
Home product recall 00-189. Announced by CPSC on Sep 28, 2000.
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Sep 28, 2000. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
- Stop using it what CPSC tells owners to do now (needs attention)
- About 350,000 units, as CPSC gives them
- Reported injuries, in the notice (needs attention)
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
These lighters can burn with a high flame and can fail to extinguish, presenting fire and burn hazards.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
Consumers immediately should stop using these lighters and return them to the store where purchased, for a refund.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: For more information, consumers should call Halpern Import Co. at (800) 624-5280 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday.
Which ones are recalled?
The disposable cigarette lighters being recalled are oval-tube-shaped. “TURBO 2000” is printed on the body of the lighter. The lighters have a green, red, blue, black, or yellow body and a metal top. A label on the lighter reads “CHILD-RESISTANT DISPOSABLE LIGHTER,” “KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN,” and “MADE IN CHINA.” UPC number 0 80692 05010 1 is printed on the back of the lighters.
About 350,000 units, as CPSC gives them.
“Turbo 2000” disposable cigarette lighters.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Numbers to check against yours
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UPC
080692050101
Copied exactly as CPSC lists them.
CPSC’s photos
CPSC shows 1 photo on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.
Who made and sold it?
- Imported by Halpern Import Co. Inc., Atlanta, Ga.
- Tobacco and thrift stores nationwide sold these lighters, from June 1999 through May 2000, for about $1.
- Made in China, as the notice gives it.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
CPSC and Halpern Import Co. have received one report of a woman who received second degree burns on her chest when the lighter failed to extinguish and ignited her clothing.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- 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, Recalls API.
Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
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