TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - To burn or not to burn: an advocate's report from the field
JO  - Injury prevention
A1  - McGuire, A.
SP  - 264
EP  - 266
VL  - 11
IS  - 5
N2  - The long campaign for the fire safe cigarette nears its conclusion. During the past two years, three significant events have occurred that will lead to the global reduction of fires caused by cigarettes. First, on 6 May 2003 in a Cleburne, Texas courthouse, the Philip Morris cigarette company ended an eight year products liability case by agreeing to pay damages of $2 million to Shannon Moore before the case went to a jury. Shannon was 21 months old when she sustained a 77% burn injury in a fire caused by a Marlboro cigarette. This represents the first "admission" of guilt by a cigarette company after 15 unsuccessful lawsuits filed in the United States during the past 25 years. Second, on 28 June 2004 the first regulation of cigarettes for fire safety took effect in New York state.
LA  - en
SN  - 1353-8047
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ip.2005.009936
ID  - ref1
ER  -