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Smoking

NFPA Safety Tips

	If you smoke, smoke outside.
	Use deep, wide ashtrays on a sturdy table.
	Before you throw out butts and ashes, make sure they are out, and dousing in water or sand is the best way to do that.
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The Coalition for Fire-Safe Cigarettes, coordinated by NFPA, was a group of organizations who shared the goal of getting cigarette manufacturers to produce only cigarettes that adhere to an established safety performance standard. As of March 2010, all 50 US states passed such legislation and the coalition achieved its goal.

News release: NFPA announces second lowest level of U.S. smoking-material fire deaths in nearly 30 years

Facts & figures

In 2008, there were an estimated 114,800 smoking-material fires in the United States.These fires caused 680 civilian deaths, 1,520 civilian injuries and $737 million in direct property damage.
One out of four fatal victims of smoking-material fires is not the smoker whose cigarette started the fire.
Most deaths result from fires that started in living rooms, family rooms and dens or in bedrooms.
Two out of five (39%) fatal home smoking-material fire victims were age 65 or older.

Source: NFPA's "The Smoking-Material Fire Problem" report by John R. Hall, Jr., September 2010.

Also see: Fact sheet on smoking materials (PDF, 94 KB).

Smoking materials are the leading cause of fire deaths in the United States. NFPA's Lisa Braxton has a few safety tips to keep in mind if you're a smoker.

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NFPA does not test, label or approve any products.
Updated 10/10

In this Section:

			Smoking material safety tips Smoking materials are the leading cause of fire deaths in the United States.					Coalition for Fire-Safe Cigarettes The Coalition for Fire-Safe Cigarettes has worked to save lives and prevent injuries and devastation from cigarette-ignited fires.

			Reports and statistics NFPA reports and other research on smoking materials.