If you are a smoker, to help prevent a fire at home, follow these simple precautions:
🚭 Always use a suitable ashtray, that can’t be easily knocked over and is made of a material that does not burn. Never use a wastepaper basket as an ashtray.
🚭 Remove ash deposits from ashtrays regularly and dispose of in an outside, metal bin. Never put ash straight into a bin with other rubbish.
🚭 Remove ash deposits from ashtrays regularly.
🚭 Always use child resistant lighters and keep lighters and matches out of reach of children.
🚭 Never smoke in bed or anywhere else you usually sleep.
🚭 Don’t leave lit cigarettes, cigars or pipes unattended, and make sure they are properly extinguished.
🚭 If you use oxygen at home, we advise you not to smoke, as it's highly flammable.
In 2020/21 there were 2115 fires in the home that were caused by smoking materials. A third of these incidents led to house fire deaths.
If you use an e-cigarette, please follow the fire safety guidance below:
🚭 Only use the charger that was supplied with the e-cigarette.
🚭 Charge the device on a solid surface.
🚭 Purchase your device from a reputable supplier and check the e-cigarette carries CE Certification.
🚭 Always follow the manufacturer’s guidance supplied with the device.
🚭 Never leave e-cigarettes on charge for long periods of time unattended.
🚭 Never leave a device to charge overnight.
🚭 Never leave liquid nicotine refills or e-cigarettes within the reach of children. The contents can be highly toxic.
If you would like to stop smoking and would like some help, please contact Healthy Cornwall using the details below.The Healthy Cornwall Stop Smoking Service works to NICE Guidance and has trained advisors working across Cornwall, in a variety of settings including surgeries, hospitals, pharmacies, schools, Family Hubs and other community venues.
Tel: 01209 615600
Email: healthy.cornwall@cornwalll.gov.uk
Website: www.healthycornwall.org.uk/
Email: info@cornwallhousing.org.uk
Telephone: 0300 1234 161
