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[Japan] Above-limit radioactive cesium detected in Fukushima tobacco, JT says

Japan Tobacco Inc. says radioactive cesium levels in some dried tobacco leaves harvested this year in Fukushima Prefecture exceeded the company's limit of 100 becquerels per kilogram.
Japan Times
added Oct 11, 2012 05:10
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[Alaska] Anchorage's Maria Pestrikoff falls off 60-foot cliff while texting and smoking

Maria Pestrikoff fell 60 feet down a rocky beach cliff on Kodiak Island . . . Pestrikoff was walking toward the steep drop to toss a cigarette butt while attempting to send a message when she slipped on wet grass:
Alaska Dispatch
added Sep 29, 2012 17:17
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[Singapore] Man's fingers 'blown off' by exploding China-made cigarette

STOMP (Straits Times Online Mobile Print) (sg)
added Jun 27, 2012 14:31
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[Ohio] Man Smoking While Using Oxygen Tank Dies In House Fire

WMFD (Mansfield, OH)
added May 15, 2012 13:21
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[India] Man's smoking habit kills wife

Daily Bhaskar (in)
added May 10, 2012 03:37
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[Nevada] Careless smoking ignites fire, killing man

A man died Tuesday after his cigarette sparked a fire fueled by his oxygen tank in his living room, Las Vegas Fire and Rescue spokesman Tim Szymanski said. The man’s wife came home from work about 5:30 p.m. to their duplex in the 6100 block of Daisy P
Las Vegas Sun
added Apr 26, 2013 06:31
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[Canada] LETTER: POVAH: Multi-unit dwelling ban on smoking is life saver

Dramatic and encouraging as the difference is - just 2.1 deaths for every 1,000 fires in apartment buildings with sprinklers, as opposed to 23.1 deaths per 1,000 fires in apartments without sprinklers- that 2.1 could be lowered even further if the easies
Vancouver (BC) Sun (ca)
added Apr 10, 2013 13:03
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[Missouri] Infant Hospitalized from Cigarette Burns, Wouldn't Have Happened with EverSmoke

e grandmother removed her oxygen to light a cigarette, which caused a fire, that then burned the baby on her arms, chest and hand. The grandmother immediately grabbed the infant and ran outside the flaming trailer home.
SBWire
added Jan 15, 2013 12:52
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[UK] House fire caused by electric cigarette charger

Firefighters were called to tackle a bedroom fire in Swallowdale Road, Melton in the early hours of New Year's Day after a faulty electric cigarette charger caught alight.
Melton Times (uk)
added Jan 2, 2013 16:34
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[Colorado] Careless smoking and oxygen tank sparks Pueblo house fire that killed 4

Denver (CO) Post
added Oct 31, 2012 18:52
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