Fire safety

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Research from 1 May 2009

• Bennet J. Safe smoking: fact or myth? A detailed and thorough safe smoking policy can reduce the risk of fire with effective assessment, communication, and oversight. Provider. 34[4], 39-41. April 2008. Abstract or full text available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19397137

Research from 3 October 2008

• Smith J, Bullen C, Laugesen M, Glover MP. Cigarette fires and burns in a population of New Zealand smokers. Tobacco Control . 30 September 2008. Abstract or full text available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18827036

Research from 14 August 2008

• Anonymous. Fatal fires associated with smoking during long-term oxygen therapy--Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Oklahoma, 2000-2007. MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 57[31], 852-854. 8 August 2008. Abstract or full text available at: No abstract available

Research from 7 August 2008

• Diekman ST, Ballesteros MF, Berger LR, Caraballo RS, Kegler SR. Ecological level analysis of the relationship between smoking and residential-fire mortality. Injury Prevention 14[4], 228-231. August 2008. Abstract or full text available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18676780

Research from 18 January 2008

• Edelman DA, Rn SM, White MT, Lucas CE, Ledgerwood AM. Smoking and home oxygen therapy - a preventable public health hazard. Journal of Burn Care & Research 29[1], 119-122. January 2008.
  Abstract or full text available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18182908

Research from 17 August 2007

• O’connor RJ, Bauer JE, Giovino GA, Hammond D, Hyland A, Fong GT et al. Prevalence of behaviors related to cigarette-caused fires: a survey of Ontario smokers. Injury Prevention 13[4], 237-242. August 2007.
  Abstract or full text available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=17686933
   

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