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To the Editor: Istre et al. (June 21 issue)¹ reported that 5.5 percent of house fires were caused directly by smoking and 4.5 percent by children playing with fire, which is greatly facilitated by the presence of smoking paraphernalia, such as matches and lighters, in the home. They also found that fires caused by smoking were more likely to cause injury than fires with most other causes. This is consistent with previous literature showing that cigarettes are the leading cause of lethal fires in the United States.²

However, the authors do not list smokers or their children as high-risk groups . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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