@article{ref1,
title="Cigarette fires and burns in a population of New Zealand smokers",
journal="Tobacco control",
year="2009",
author="Smith, Jessi L. and Bullen, Chris and Laugesen, Murray and Glover, M.",
volume="18",
number="1",
pages="29-33",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: To identify the proportion of adult cigarette smokers who have experienced cigarette-caused fires and burns and to describe smoker characteristics associated with increased risk of cigarette-caused fires and burns. METHOD: Data on cigarette-caused fires and burns were collected in the baseline questionnaire of a randomised trial of a smoking cessation intervention conducted in New Zealand between March 2006 and May 2007. Participants were adult callers to a national smoking cessation counselling service. Lifetime prevalence estimates of cigarette-caused fires and burns were obtained and associations between smoker characteristics and risk of fires and burns examined using logistic regression. RESULTS: Of 1,097 participants in the trial at baseline, 75 (6.8%) reported past experience of one or more fires caused by cigarettes (96 fires reported in total) and 658 (60.0%) described at least one cigarette-caused burn. Fifty-seven participants (5.2%) reported burns which required medical attention. Male sex and Maori ethnicity were associated with increased risk of cigarette-caused fires. Male sex, younger age, younger age of smoking initiation, being unmarried, having a partner who smoked, having a higher education level and an annual income of $20,000 or more were associated with increased risk of cigarette burn injuries. Implications: Our results indicate that cigarette-caused fires and burns are common amongst New Zealand smokers, are a source of inequality and therefore deserve greater attention from health advocates and policy-makers.   <p></p>  <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0964-4563",
doi="10.1136/tc.2008.026450",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tc.2008.026450"
}