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Intro: In recognition of National Poison Prevention Week, March 15-21, the (name of organization) is alerting the public about ways to prevent childhood poisoning. Cigarettes and cigarette butts may poison children who ingest them.
In 2006, the American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC) received more than 6,100 reports of potentially toxic exposures to tobacco products among children younger than 6 years of age in the United States. Most cases of nicotine poisoning among children result from their ingestion of cigarettes or chewing tobacco.
According to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Rhode Island Department of Health, children in households where cigarettes are smoked in their presence were four times more likely to ingest cigarettes or cigarette butts than in households where smoking does not occur around children. Most ingestions happen in homes where children are exposed to secondhand smoke and where cigarettes and ashtrays are kept within the reach of children.
Adults who smoke in the home may not be aware of the danger of cigarettes and cigarette butts to children,"
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