Fire Injuries, Disasters, and Costs from Cigarettes and Cigarette Lights: A Global Overview

Leistikow, Bruce N.; Martin, D.C.; Milano, Christina

doi:10.1006/pmed.2000.0680

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“…Other common fire and burn causes are matches and lighters (72,117), faulty electrical equipment (52), candles, stoves and microwave ovens, wood burning stoves, and fireplaces (47). One study found that kitchen-related items and household electrical appliances combined were responsible for 54% of all burn-related injuries to individuals ages 0-20 (41).…”

Section: Fire and Burn Injuries Who Is At Risk And How Do These Injumentioning

confidence: 99%

Unintentional Home Injuries Across the Life Span: Problems and Solutions

Gielen¹,

McDonald²,

Shields

2015

Annu. Rev. Public Health

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Home injuries cause more than 30,000 deaths and 12 million nonfatal injuries annually in the United States. They generate an estimated $222 billion in lifetime costs annually. Despite some data limitations in documenting home as the location of an injury, much progress has been made in identifying effective prevention strategies that reduce injury or mitigate risk behaviors.The current interest in public health in the role of housing in health offers unparalleled opportunities for injury prevention professionals concerned with home injuries. Sharing the science of injury prevention with the wide array of professionals-such as architects, home builders, home visitors, and fire and emergency medical services providers-who create home environments and interact with residents could be a useful approach. A collaborative national effort to reduce the burden of home injuries is needed.

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Section: Fire and Burn Injuries Who Is At Risk And How Do These Injumentioning

confidence: 99%

Unintentional Home Injuries Across the Life Span: Problems and Solutions

Gielen¹,

McDonald²,

Shields

2015

Annu. Rev. Public Health

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“…[31][32][33][34] Other costs attributable to tobacco use and SHS exposure include loss of life and productivity, 35,36 income diverted to purchase tobaccouse materials, 37,38 and fires. [39][40][41][42][43] Treatments for tobacco use and dependence are among the most efficacious and cost-effective preventive services in both the short-term and longterm 2,14,44 and are second only to childhood immunization in terms of costeffectiveness. 2,[45][46][47][48] …”

Section: Economics Of Tobacco Use and Shs Exposurementioning

confidence: 99%

Tobacco Use: A Pediatric Disease

Binns¹,

Forman²,

Karr³

et al. 2009

Pediatrics

120

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Tobacco use and secondhand tobacco-smoke (SHS) exposure are major national and international health concerns. Pediatricians and other clinicians who care for children are uniquely positioned to assist patients and families with tobacco-use prevention and treatment. Understanding the nature and extent of tobacco use and SHS exposure is an essential first step toward the goal of eliminating tobacco use and its consequences in the pediatric population. The next steps include counseling patients and family members to avoid SHS exposures or cease tobacco use; advocacy for policies that protect children from SHS exposure; and elimination of tobacco use in the media, public places, and homes. Three overarching principles of this policy can be identified: (1) there is no safe way to use tobacco; (2) there is no safe level or duration of exposure to SHS; and (3) the financial and political power of individuals, organizations, and government should be used to support tobacco control. Pediatricians are advised not to smoke or use tobacco; to make their homes, cars, and workplaces tobacco free; to consider tobacco control when making personal and professional decisions; to support and advocate for comprehensive tobacco control; and to advise parents and patients not to start using tobacco or to quit if they are already using tobacco. Prohibiting both tobacco advertising and the use of tobacco products in the media is recommended. Recommendations for eliminating SHS exposure and reducing tobacco use include attaining universal (1) smoke-free home, car, school, work, and play environments, both inside and outside, (2) treatment of tobacco use and dependence through employer, insurance, state, and federal supports, (3) implementation and enforcement of evidence-based tobacco-control measures in local, state, national, and international jurisdictions, and (4) financial and systems support for training in and research of effective ways to prevent and treat tobacco use and SHS exposure. Pediatricians, their staff and colleagues, and the American Academy of Pediatrics have key responsibilities in tobacco control to promote the health of children, adolescents, and young adults.

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“…• Dental disease 215,216 • School absences 106,110,112,139,217,218 • Molecular, genetic, and cellular changes [219][220][221][222] • Experimentation with tobacco and addiction to tobacco as an older child or adult 110,[223][224][225][226] • Injury and death attributable to fires 110,[227][228][229][230][231] • Hyperopia 114…”

Section: Effects On the Child Of Shs Exposurementioning

confidence: 99%

Secondhand and Prenatal Tobacco Smoke Exposure

Best¹

2009

Pediatrics

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Secondhand tobacco smoke (SHS) exposure of children and their families causes significant morbidity and mortality. In their personal and professional roles, pediatricians have many opportunities to advocate for elimination of SHS exposure of children, to counsel tobacco users to quit, and to counsel children never to start. This report discusses the harms of tobacco use and SHS exposure, the extent and costs of tobacco use and SHS exposure, and the evidence that supports counseling and other clinical interventions in the cycle of tobacco use. Recommendations for future research, policy, and clinical practice change are discussed. To improve understanding and provide support for these activities, the harms of SHS exposure are discussed, effective ways to eliminate or reduce SHS exposure are presented, and policies that support a smoke-free environment are outlined.

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Fire Injuries, Disasters, and Costs from Cigarettes and Cigarette Lights: A Global Overview

Cited by 114 publications

References 32 publications

Unintentional Home Injuries Across the Life Span: Problems and Solutions

Unintentional Home Injuries Across the Life Span: Problems and Solutions

Tobacco Use: A Pediatric Disease

Secondhand and Prenatal Tobacco Smoke Exposure

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