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[Australia] Coffee Can Help Truckers Stay Safe on the Road: Study

There was a link between heavy smoking and crash risk, but this did not remain after accounting for other factors, according to the study, which was published online March 19 in the British Medical Journal.
HealthDay [HealthScout]
added Mar 20, 2013 15:24
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[Massachusetts] Dangers of smoking near an oxygen tank

“We've had several fires with the people smoking with the oxygen tanks it's a big problem. I know the State Fire Marshal is very concerned with that”, says Springfield Fire Commissioner Joseph Conant The Fire Marshal has started a campaign called "Brea
WWLP-22News (Springfield, MA)
added Mar 19, 2013 03:25
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[Massachusetts] Cigarette causes Ware apartment fire, sends woman to hospital

Three people displaced, one in the hospital ... a woman forgot to put out her cigarette. It started a fire which caused the woman's home oxygen tank to explode.
WWLP-22News (Springfield, MA)
added Mar 18, 2013 09:28
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[Maine] Cigarette blamed for apartment house fire that left 9 homeless in Jay

A discarded cigarette is being blamed for an afternoon fire Saturday that burned a three-story apartment house at 39 Church St., leaving nine people homeless. ... “It started on the back porch on the first floor,” Booker said. “And it spread quickly.”
Bangor (ME) Daily News
added Mar 17, 2013 12:36
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[Maine] Cigarette blamed for apartment house fire in Jay

JAY -- A discarded cigarette is being blamed for an apartment house fire in Jay that left nine people without a home.
AP - Associated Press
added Mar 17, 2013 11:12
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[UK] Major blaze 'caused by cigarette'

A FIRE believed to have been started by a discarded cigarette caused more than 50 people to be evacuated from a building on Wednesday night.
West End Extra (uk)
added Mar 15, 2013 14:51
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[Texas] El Paso woman burns face while smoking with oxygen mask

A 62-year-old woman received serious burns to her face when oxygen from an oxygen mask ignited while she was smoking Wednesday evening at her home in Northeast El Paso, Fire Department officials said.
El Paso (TX) Times / Borderland News
added Mar 14, 2013 15:31
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[Uae: Dubai] Shisha smokers sparking fires in Dubai

Burning shisha coal and cigarette butts caused 55 fires in Dubai last year, according to Dubai Police.
Arabian Business
added Mar 14, 2013 07:02
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[Uae: Dubai] Your cigarette or shisha could start a fire

Cigarette butts and burning shisha coal caused 55 or 13.9 per cent of the fires in Dubai during the first 11 months of last year.
Emirates 24|7 (ae)
added Mar 14, 2013 07:00
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[Michigan] Canton apartment fire blamed on smoking near oxygen machine

Meier confirmed "significant fire damage" and some water damage to the apartment where the fire began. Otherwise, three other units in the building were affected by smoke damage, the chief said.
Detroit (MI) Observer & Eccentric Newspapers
added Mar 13, 2013 11:05
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