
FACTS ON SMOKERS CARELESSNESS
FACT: A dropped lit cigarette can smolder for hours before it erupts into fire!
FACT: Once a fire erupts it can double in size every 30 seconds!
FACT: Residential fires are up a stunning 19% due to the bans on public smoking forcing
smokers to enjoy that cigarette in the privacy of their home (National Fire Protection
Association 2004).
FACT: In just 4 minutes a sofa fire can engulf an entire living room in flames, filling
the home with thick, dark smoke and toxic gasses. Temperatures can exceed 1,400°F in this short
period of time (National Fire Protection Association 2005)
FACT: (U.S. Fire Administration, July 2005) 40% of all smoking fires start in the bedroom
or living room /family room areas of the home. In 35% of smoking fires, upholstered furniture,
mattresses, pillows, or bedding and clothing were the first items ignited. Many smoking fires
originate in the bedroom/family room areas late at night when the victims are sleeping.
FACT:No cigarette is truly 100% fire safe.
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FACT: Most cigarette related fires occur at night when people are sleeping.
FACT: Smokers carelessness is the leading cause of fatal residential fires for senior
citizens and children under eight (8) years old and a major leading cause of all residential
fires in the United States today!
FACT: Smoke detectors alone may not be the answer for smokers
carelessness.
FACT: Cigarette fires are much more likely to start very close to potential victims.
Three out of ten sleeping victims of cigarette fires are right next to the fire when it
starts compared to three out of 100 sleeping victims of all other types of fires. Once a
fire starts this close to a sleeping person, nothing is quick enough to save you with
confidence (U.S. Fire Administration, FEMA, January 2008),
UNTIL NOW.
FACT:
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for early detection of cigarette related fires at a very reasonable cost. It will warn the user
of an unattended cigarette left in the ashtray. It will warn the user if the ashtray has been
accidentally knocked over or tipped over. And, it will warn the user of smoke (smoldering type
fires) outside of the ashtray in the immediate area.
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