Editor’s Note: See also Cheap “Illicit White” Cigarettes Responsible for House Fire that Kills Three and “Cheap, illicit tobacco can be attractive for people on low incomes. But the price of this could be fatal.”
From: CTV News | Barrie
Local firefighters sound the alarm after a deadly year across the province with higher than usual fire-related deaths.
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“In certain areas of the province, contraband cigarettes that don’t self-extinguish when idle have been partly to blame, but its old habits and a lack of common sense that are also contributing factors,” said Brassard.