Chapter 39 Cigarettes And Fires

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In 1994 there were 134,100 cigarette-caused residential fires in the United States,

causing $446 million in property damage, 909 deaths, and 3,000 serious injuries.

39% of those killed in these fires were not the smokers themselves. The tobacco

industry gives millions of dollars each year to fire departments and fire safety

organizations; the result has been that these organizations have not been aggressive

in promoting fire-safe cigarettes.

Contra Costa (California) Times, January 18, 1998, p. F9

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Technology has existed for more than ten years for designing a fire-safe cigarette by

using less tightly packed tobacco and less porous rolling paper. The resulting

cigarette would burn at a lower temperature and be less likely to cause a fire.

Contra Costa (California) Times, February 20, 1998, p. A8

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