@article{ref1,
title="Are fire safe cigarettes actually fire safe? Evidence from changes in US state laws",
journal="Injury prevention",
year="2018",
author="Bonander, Carl M. and Jakobsson, Niklas and Nilson, Finn",
volume="24",
number="3",
pages="193-198",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To estimate the effects of fire safe cigarette laws on fire mortality and cigarette-related fires in the USA. <br><br>METHODS: We examined the gradual implementation of the laws to identify their average effects, using difference-in-differences analysis to account for common year effects, time-invariant state effects, state-specific trends and observable time-varying state-level covariates. <br><br>RESULTS: We found no statistically significant effects on all-cause fire mortality, residential fire mortality or cigarette-caused fire rates. The estimates for cigarette-caused fire deaths were significant under some specifications, but were not robust to the inclusion of state-specific trends or comparisons to effects on other cause-determined fires. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Given the mixed state of our results, we conclude that previous claims regarding the effects of fire safe cigarette laws may be premature.<br><br>© Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2017. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1353-8047",
doi="10.1136/injuryprev-2017-042322",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2017-042322"
}