Cigarettes, Cigars and Pipes
More people die in fires caused by smoking than in fire
resulting from any other single cause. Tobacco
is designed to stay lit, which is why cigarettes can so easily
start an accidental fire. Take extra care when you’re tired, taking prescription drugs or have been drinking alcohol. It’s very
easy to fall asleep without realising that your cigarette is still burning.
- If you need to lie down, don’t light up. You could easily doze off and set your bed or sofa on fire.
- Don’t leave lit cigarettes, cigars or pipes unattended – they can
easily overbalance as they burn down,
land on a carpet or newspaper and start a fire. When you put it out, make sure it really is out.
- Every year children die from startingfires with cigarettes, matches and lighters which they shouldn’t have.
- Keep these where children can’t reach them.
- Where possible, buy child-resistant lighters and matchboxes.
- Use a proper, heavy ashtray which can’t tip over easily and is made of a material that won’t burn.
- Tap your ash into an ashtray – never a wastebasket – and don’t let the ash
or cigarette ends build up in the ashtray.Cigarettes, cigars and pipes.