Oliva Recalling 60,000 Lighters

Oliva Cigar Co. has announced that it is recalling about 60,000 lighters due to a lack of child safety mechanisms and testing for child safety.

The lighters are all the same basic model, but there are four different colorways: a brown Oliva version, a brown Oliva Serie V version, a red Cain version, and a white NUb version. All four were used as promotional items during the last two years.

These lighters did not undergo the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s (CPSC) testing protocol, which determines whether a lighter poses a risk to a child. The CPSC provides detailed guidelines about how lighters must be tested. In short, if more than 15 percent of the child testers are able to activate the lighter, it fails the test. These requirements have prevented certain lighters, such as the TORJET, from being sold in the U.S. Certain lighters—notably disposable lighters that have a value of less than $2.75—are not subject to these requirements.

In this case, Oliva says the lighters “do not have child-resistant mechanisms and were not tested to the federal regulatory requirements for child resistance.”

Because the lighters were given to retailers or consumers—and not sold by Oliva—there is no refund for the recalled lighters, but Oliva is required to inform consumers and businesses to dispose of the affected models. While Oliva did not sell the lighters, many retailers are selling them.

Earlier this year, VPR Brands—owner of Dissim—recalled a lighter for the same reason.