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Seneca Promotions, Inc cigarette or pipe lighters

1 report to CPSC, the latest made Feb 9, 2015. A report isn’t a recall.

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At a glance

From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.

  • 1report to CPSC
  • Feb 9, 2015the latest report was made
  • Feb 9, 2015the earliest
  • 0with the company’s comments
Brand
None given: no report names a brand, so the group is named for its maker, Seneca Promotions, Inc
Maker
Seneca Promotions, IncMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
Product
Cigarette or pipe lightersCPSC’s product type: Cigarette or Pipe Lighters (code 1604), in Fuel, Lighters and Fireworks: Lighters & Matches

By month

1 report from March 2014 to February 2015; the most in February 2015, 1.
The numbers, as a table
Reports to CPSC by the month each was made, newest first
MonthReports
February 20151

How badly anyone was hurt

  • First aid 1 CPSC: Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional

As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.

The reports, as CPSC published them

Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.

Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.

Source:

CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.

  1. First aid

    Made Feb 9, 2015, sent to the company Mar 11, 2015, published by CPSC Mar 25, 2015

    The product, in the report: disposable cigarette lighter Numbers on the bottom of lighter: 44001 EM15 10

    The consumer used the lighter approximately 6 - 7 times previously without incident.

    2/9/2015: Around 2:00am, the consumer attempted to light a cigarette and a flame shot out of the lighter. The approximate 6” flame continued even though the consumer shook the lighter several times, in an attempt to put it out. The consumer’s hair caught fire. She ran into the kitchen and by that time, the flame from the lighter was extinguished. An area of hair about the size of a 50 cent piece on the left side of the consumer’s head was burned. She had to pat the flame out with her left hand. Less than 30 seconds passed from the time the incident started till the time the consumer was able to put out the fire on her hair. The burn actually reached her scalp. The consumer applied ice for Rx.

    There was no other damage in her home.

    2/7/15: The consumer went to the Tonawanda Reservation in N.Y. and the lighter was given to her as a sample.

    2/9/15: The consumer contacted Tonawanda Reservation, Tel: 716-542-4006, and explained the incident with the lighter, but the person that she spoke with told her that they had nothing to do with the lighter and referred her to Seneca Promotions Inc. 464 Franklin St., Buffalo, NY, 14202, Tel: 716-381-8508. The consumer called that number at 8:45am on 2/9/15 and left a message on their automated system. As of 12:50pm, EST., she has not received a call back.

    The consumer said that she has received a lighter from this company in the past and she did not have any problems with it.

    UPC
    627843232698
    Bought from
    Tonawanda Reservation, New York
    Bought
    Feb 7, 2015
    Where
    Rochester, New York: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Age 65, Female
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Self
    As this report names them
    Brand unknown, made or sold by Seneca Promotions, Inc
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional

CPSC’s disclaimer

Disclaimer: CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database on SaferProducts.gov, particularly with respect to information submitted by people outside of CPSC.

Source:

Word for word, from the disclaimer in CPSC’s export.

Sources

Sources

  • U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.

    Released Oct 25, 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.

Source:

Reports of harm are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record.

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