Smoking materials are the leading cause of fire deaths, but, these types of fires are preventable! Consider the following information and share with anyone who smokes any type of products, including cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, and even marijuana.
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Additional Tips
- The risk of dying in a home structure fire caused by smoking materials rises with age.
- If you smoke, use only fire-safe cigarettes.
- If you smoke, smoke outside. Most deaths result from fires that started in living rooms, family rooms, and dens, or in the bedrooms.
- Use a deep, sturdy ashtray. Place it away from anything that can burn.
- Never smoke and never allow anyone to smoke where medical oxygen is used. Medical oxygen can cause materials to ignite more easily and make fires burn at a faster rate than normal.
- Never leave charging e-cigarettes unattended.
- One out of four fatal victims of smoking-material fires is not the smoker whose cigarette started the fire.