Smoking Safety - Fire Safety advice on smoking materials

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Smoking can kill you very quickly. Overnight, in fact.
More people die in fires caused by smoking than in fires with any other single cause. Why?


Tobacco keeps burning
Tobacco is manufactured to stay alight, especially cigarette tobacco. It can quietly smoulder out of sight, starting a slow, deadly fire.


Night time is the killer time
People often smoke late at night when they're tired or have been drinking. They often fall asleep while smoking. Or they don't notice that a cigarette is still burning.

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WHAT TO DO

If you smoke, you need to be aware of the fire risks and take steps to avoid them.


Never smoke in bed
It's just too easy to fall asleep. You fall asleep, the cigarette falls from your fingers, the bedclothes start burning, and you never wake up because the fumes kill you.


Don't smoke if you're drowsy
…Especially if you're sitting down in a comfortable chair or if you've been drinking or taking prescription drugs. Again, it's too easy to fall asleep.


Don't leave a lit cigarette
…Or a cigar or pipe. They can easily overbalance as they burn down, land on a carpet or a newspaper, and start a fire. Never leave a cigarette burning down on the edge of a table or shelf.

Make sure the ashtray is heavy, can't tip over easily, and is made of a material that won't burn.
 

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Always double-check they're stubbed out
Make totally sure cigarette and cigar butts, or what you knock out of a pipe bowl, aren't burning when you've finished with them. Wet them and empty the ashtray into a metal bin outside the house.

And never tap your ash into a waste paper basket - only an ashtray.


Use a proper ashtray
Make sure it can't be easily knocked over and avoid a build-up of ash and debris.

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Don't leave matches or lighters lying around
Children love them. And every year children die starting fires with matches and lighters they shouldn't have had. It doesn't take more than a couple of minutes for a child left on their own to start a fire.

Keep lighters, matches and smoking materials out of reach of children. You can also buy child-resistant lighters and child-resistant containers for match boxes.

Your Escape Plan

700C Cigarettes burn at 700C. They have chemicals in them designed to keep them alight. They're ideal for starting a fire. Don't let them.

Cigarettes + alcohol = danger People like to smoke when they're drinking. But someone who has drunk too much can end up passing out with a cigarette in their hand. The result? Severe burns, permanent scarring, death, or a lucky escape. Don't light up when you need to lie down.