Gladstrong Investments USA · Recalled
CPSC, Gladstrong Investments USA Announce Recall of Disposable Lighters
The lighters' child-resistant mechanisms are frequently ineffective. Young children are able to operate the lighters, posing a fire hazard.
- Units
- About 13 million
- Reports
- 1
- Injuries
- —
- Deaths
- Reported
- Price
- $1
- Remedy
- See notice
Reports, injuries, deaths and price are read out of the notice’s wording by rules, so they can miss unusual phrasing. The official notice is the record.
Affected
The recalled lighters have their brand name, "BODA-BING," "GIL," "HAPPY," or "WAX" stamped on both sides of their metal tops. The UPC bar code on the lighters' labels is "0-80692-99930-1," "0-295114-0" or starts with "7-55998." Writing on these lighters includes "MADE IN CHINA." The lighters were sold in various colors.
The file
- Sold at
- Convenience, drug and discount stores nationwide sold these lighters, from January 1998 through February 2001, for about $1.
- Product type
- Lighters
- Made in
- China
- Recalled by
- Gladstrong Investments USA, of Hacienda Heights, Calif.
Incident log
CPSC and Gladstrong Investments have received a report of a 4-year-old girl who died after starting a fire with a Gladstrong Investments lighter and then hid in a closet. The fire caused an estimated $72,000 in damages. In another incident, two brothers, a 4-year-old and a 6-year-old, reportedly ignited clothing and paper inside a car, while playing with one of these lighters, causing about $1,500 in damages. They were not injured.
What the notice says to do
Consumers should stop using these lighters immediately and return them to the store where purchased, for a refund.
For more information, call Gladstrong at (877) 666-0664 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. PT Monday through Friday.
Recall notice published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. This site is independent: always confirm on the official notice before acting.
Notice first dated APR 17 2001; last revised FEB 25 2026.