In the early 2000s, the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosions did extensive work to validate these findings, much of which has been published by Geiman and Marcus (2), and show that out of 4500 instances of exposure of lit cigarettes to ignitable concentrations of gasoline vapors in air, none of them resulted in ignition
The internet is full of videos of people stubbing cigarettes out in cups of gasoline and grinning at the camera like they just defused a bomb
In addition to biomarker-based evidence, we also included self-reported data, like the incidence or prevalence of cancer outcomes and case reports, in this review
So while Mondays motion to intervene isnt proof the FDA is going to reconsider the FDA rule, and ultimately only an act of Congress can provide more definitive protection for the industry against overbearing regulations, it is surely a good sign