{"id":39821,"date":"2012-02-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-03T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2012\/02\/03\/observe-tobacco-free-campus-rules-reduce-fire-risk\/"},"modified":"2012-02-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-02-03T06:00:00","slug":"observe-tobacco-free-campus-rules-reduce-fire-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2012\/02\/03\/observe-tobacco-free-campus-rules-reduce-fire-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Observe tobacco-free campus rules, reduce fire risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>Recently there has been an increase in calls related to smoke odors in several campus buildings that have been attributed to the discard of smoking materials in trash receptacles inside buildings.   <\/p>\n<p><TABLE border=\"0\" width=\"250\" cellspacing=\"10\" align=\"right\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Nosmoking210.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" alt=\"picture disc.\"><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:7pt; line-height:150%;\">Recently, several calls have been received by UNMC officials regarding smoke in garbage receptacles in campus buildings. 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This includes leased properties as well as parking lots.  <\/p>\n<p>Fires have been caused on campus after cigarette butts were placed in trash cans or discarded in near combustible materials, said UNMC safety manager John Hauser, who noted that smoking material should never be discarded in trash receptacles or near combustibles. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Smoking is the leading cause of fire deaths and cigarettes cause numerous fire disasters,&#8221; Hauser said. &#8220;This winter the fire danger is even great due do the dry conditions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently there has been an increase in calls related to smoke odors in several campus buildings that have been attributed to the discard of smoking materials in trash receptacles inside 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