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Marty Ahrens, MSW

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Ms Marty Ahrens, MSW, Fire Analysis and Research Division, National Fire Protection Association, One Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 02169-7471 (e-mail: mahrens@nfpa.org).

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Thank you for printing the outstanding collection of articles about tobacco and health disparities in the February 2004 issue of the Journal. Although most of tobacco’s deleterious health effects are long-term, smoking materials remain the leading cause of fatal fires in the United States, causing roughly one quarter of home fire deaths. One study compared the demographic characteristics of smokers whose cigarettes had started a fire with those of smokers who had not had a fire. Households with incomes of less than $10 000 accounted for 45.6% of smokers who had had fires and only 16.6% of smokers who had . . . [Full Text]