OK. I'll be the Devil's advocate.
The use of EVA was started by the firefighters, not the FDA. ■ Only 4% of all residential fires were reportedly caused by smoking materials in 2002.
These fires, however, were responsible for 19% of residential fire fatalities and 9% of
injuries.
■ The fatality rate due to smoking is nearly four times higher than the overall residential
fire rate; injuries are more than twice as likely.
■ Forty percent of all smoking fires start in the bedroom or living room/family room; in
35% of these fires, bedding or upholstered furniture are the items first ignited.
■ Smoking fire fatalities spike in the early morning hours when victims are asleep.
You can read the rest here: http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/statistics/v5i5.pdf
This might come as a shock for you, but the FDA does a good job of protecting you overall. Protecting people who KNOWINGLY KILL themselves anyway, is not the top of their priority list I am sure. Besides, smoking will kill the smoker. Fire will kill a lot of people around you.
The use of EVA was started by the firefighters, not the FDA. ■ Only 4% of all residential fires were reportedly caused by smoking materials in 2002.
These fires, however, were responsible for 19% of residential fire fatalities and 9% of
injuries.
■ The fatality rate due to smoking is nearly four times higher than the overall residential
fire rate; injuries are more than twice as likely.
■ Forty percent of all smoking fires start in the bedroom or living room/family room; in
35% of these fires, bedding or upholstered furniture are the items first ignited.
■ Smoking fire fatalities spike in the early morning hours when victims are asleep.
You can read the rest here: http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/statistics/v5i5.pdf
This might come as a shock for you, but the FDA does a good job of protecting you overall. Protecting people who KNOWINGLY KILL themselves anyway, is not the top of their priority list I am sure. Besides, smoking will kill the smoker. Fire will kill a lot of people around you.