Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 — Smoking is the number one cause of home fire deaths in the United States. In Texas, there were 1,880 house fires caused by cigarettes resulting in ten deaths and losses of more than $14 million in 2006. In response to this problem, Governor Rick Perry signed House Bill (HB) 2935 into law in June 2007 to require that all cigarettes sold in Texas be certified fire standard compliant, or "fire-safe," by January 1, 2009.