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Philip Morris Internal Memo (1984)
A Philip Morris researcher traces the earliest calls for fire-safe cigarettes to the 1920s. The company didn’t introduce a self-extinguishing cigarette until 2000.
May 8, 2012
Chicago Tribune
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Nov 29, 2012 11:56
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VIDEO: Playing with fire: Chemical companies, Big Tobacco and the toxic products in your home
Two powerful industries — Big Tobacco and chemical manufacturers — waged deceptive campaigns that led to the proliferation of these chemicals, which don’t even work as promised.
May 6, 2012
Chicago Tribune
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Nov 29, 2012 11:39
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[UK-Scotland] Secret Scottish NHS incident reports released
Hundreds of previously secret NHS reports into serious incidents, including 105 deaths, have been published by BBC Scotland. More than 300 reports . . . The reports include a person being blown up while on oxygen therapy after lighting a cigarette.
Nov 25, 2012
BBC Online
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Nov 27, 2012 07:23
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Bangladesh Fire Kills More Than 100 and Injures Many
Major Mahbub said the fire could have been caused by an electrical fault or by a spark from a cigarette.
Nov 26, 2012
New York Times
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Nov 26, 2012 07:56
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[California] MAN DIES IN CITY HEIGHTS APARTMENT FIRE; DISCARDED SMOKING MATERIALS CITED
A man in his 50s died in a fire at a City Heights apartment complex early Wednesday.
Oct 25, 2012
U-T San Diego [San Diego Union Tribune]
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Oct 25, 2012 10:17
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[Ireland] Man died in care home from fire ignited by cigarette
A NURSING home has changed its practices on allowing residents to smoke, following the death of a 69-year-old blind man who suffered severe burns to 30 per cent of his body when a cigarette fell and ignited his clothes in a smoking room.
Oct 5, 2012
Irish Times (ie)
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Oct 8, 2012 03:13
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[Nevada] Cigarette blamed for fire that damages apartment building
An apartment in an eight-unit building was heavily damaged by a fire caused by a cigarette, Clark County fire officials said.
Oct 1, 2012
Las Vegas Sun
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Oct 1, 2012 16:52
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[China] Tobacco proposed as earthquake relief
The earthquake-hit Yunnan province's application for an increased quota on cigarette production to boost tobacco tax and help with disaster relief has ignited public criticism.
Sep 11, 2012
China Daily (cn)
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Sep 11, 2012 18:41
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[New York] Lighting one up in Turtle Bay
While the World Health Organization was urging governments around the world to curtail the deadly habit, world leaders and their envoys at U.N. headquarters were lighting up.
Aug 29, 2012
Foreign Policy Magazine
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Aug 29, 2012 19:50
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[Georgia] Careless smoking cause of Tyler Perry studio fire
Investigators have determined that a fire at filmmaker Tyler Perry's Atlanta studios was caused by careless smoking.
Aug 29, 2012
AP - Associated Press
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Aug 29, 2012 04:03