Article: Young smokers playing with fire.

Article: Smoke dampers: part of critical care: hospitals have a ...
Engineered Systems;  July 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... patients. A key part of this strategy is to use smoke compartments formed by smoke barriers to create temporary safe areas for patients ... for patients must be divided into a minimum of two smoke compartments. Patients in smoke compartments not ...

Article: Smoke alarms can keep families safe
Columbia Daily Tribune;  January 20, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... at least one working smoke alarm. - Sixty-five percent of reported home fire ... working smoke alarms. - No smoke alarms were present in 43 percent of the home fire deaths. - In 22 percent of the home fire deaths, smoke alarms were present but ...

Article: Smoke barriers and smoke partitions
NFPA Journal;  November 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... of each differ substantially. Although the terms "smoke barriers" and "smoke partitions" are often used interchangeably, NFPA ... For years, the Life Safety Code has used the term "smoke barrier" to describe horizontal and vertical assemblies ...

Article: The smoke of great cities: British and American efforts to ...
Environmental History;  January 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ...Coal smoke plagued Great Britain and the United States ... London, suffered longer under a pall of smoke, many U.S. cities experienced remarkably ... centuries. Concerns about the effect of coal smoke on city residents and the urban environment ...

Article: Smoke-free restaurants on the rise
Gurnee Review (IL);  May 20, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... smokers who inhale second-hand smoke. Kathy Drea, director of public ... Agency has classified second-hand smoke as a Group A carcinogen (a substance ... meant to segregate smokers from non-smokes, smoke can still drift to the non-smoking ...

Article: Smoke Triggers More Diverted Flights Than Engine Problems.
Air Safety Week;  October 20, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... During the cruise phase of flight, a "smoke" event is more than twice as likely to ... are more likely to face an in-flight smoke event, and that this potential threat ... systems has increased the potential for smoke and fire events, for which aircrews may ...

Article: Smoke-free hospitals: a time for universal action. ...
Chest;  November 1, 1992 ;     700+ words ... ... COPD), as well as 21 percent of coronary heart disease ... health risks of tobacco smoke are not restricted to ... among employees (22.5 percent) significantly higher ... smoking, suggesting that smoke-free policies may have ... quite favorable (60 percent of Mayo respondents rating ...