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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,512
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2007 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| PT BENT DOWN TO PICK UP A CIGARETTE OFF THE GROUND AND FELT A PULL IN LOWER BACK STRAINED BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/09/2007 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| PT SUSTAINED AN ABRASION OF THE EYE FROM BEING STRUCK BY A CIGARETTE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2007 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| 18 YOF WAS BUMPED WHILE HOLDING A CIGARETTE TOUCHING LEFT EYE SUSTAININ G A CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2007 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| PT USING A CIGARETTE LIGHTER AND SUSTAINED A THERMAL BURN TO HAND ON TH E METAL PART THE BURN GOT INFECTED CELLULITIS TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2007 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| PT WAS HIT IN EYE W/FRIEND'S LIT CIGARETTE. DX: L CORNEAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2007 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco, Chemicals |
| PT SMOKED A CIGARETTE DIPPED IN EMBALMING FLUID AND DEVELOPED SKIN RASH WITH HIVES DX; ALLERGIC REACTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2007 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| SECOND DEGREE BURN TO LEFT LOWER EYELID - ACCIDENTLY BURNED BY A CIGAR. FIRE DEPT. DID NOT ATTEND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2007 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| PT WITH CORNEAL ABRASION FROM CIGARETTE ASHES, UNSURE HOW HAPPENED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2007 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco, Alcohol |
| CIGARETTE BURNS ON CHEST & UPPER ARMS WHILE HORSING AROUND-ETOH INVOLVE D-@ A PARTY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2007 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| PATIENT RECIEVED SUPERFICAL BURN TO EYE FROM CIGARETTE LIGHTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2007 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| PT HAD FOREIGN BODY (CIGARETTE ASHES) IN L EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2007 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| HIT IN EYE WITH CIGARETTE DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2007 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| 24YOM STATES CIGARETTE ASH FROM HIS OWN CIGARETTE WENT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE; RIGHT CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2007 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| CORNEAL ABRASION WHEN LIT CIGARETTE BLEW IN EYE# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2007 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| PT STS CIGARETTE ASH IN R EYE,C/O R EYE PAIN,VISION SLIGHTLY BLURRED DX LEFT WITHOUT TREATMENT |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 06/18/2007 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| PT GOT CIGARETTE ASHES IN EYE. D: CORNEAL ABRASION, BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2007 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| PT REACHED FOR CIGARETTES AND FELT POP. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2007 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco, Motor vehicles or parts |
| PT STRAINED L SHOULDER THROWING A CIGARETTE OUT OF CAR WINDOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2007 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| 19 YO MALE BURNED LEFT ARM ON CIGARETTE LAST NIGHT AND RED LINE IS GOING UP ARM - BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2007 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| CORNEAL AB-ACCIDENTLY BURNED IN EYE W/ CIGARETTE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2007 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| CORNEAL ABRASION WHEN ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK IN EYE WITH A LIT CIGARETTE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2007 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| PT STEPPED ON CIGARETTE BURNING FOOT WHEN AT THE SHORE DX: BURN TO FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2007 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco, Cigarette or pipe lighters |
| LIGHTING CIGARETTE AND LIGHTER EXPLODED INJURING FACE. DX: 1ST DEGREEB URNS FACE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2007 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| PT WAS BURNED W/CIGARETTE 1 WK AGO. DX: R HAND CELLULITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2007 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| FLICKED ASHES OFF CIGARETTE WHILE IN CAR - HOT ASH FLEW INTO EYE CORNEAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2007 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| BURNED EYE WITH CIGARETTE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2007 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| CAUGHT HAIR ON FIRE ATTEMPTING TO LITE A CIGARETTE AND B URNED FOREHEAD ,NO FIRE DEPT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2007 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| CORNEAL AB-ASHES OF CIGARETTE FLEW INTO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2007 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| FLICKED CIGARETTE OUT OF CAR WINDOW, ASHES FLEW INTO EYE/CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2007 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| BURN SCLERA RT EYE-WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN HIS RT EYE WTH A LIT CIGARET TE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2007 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| BURN L HAND, PT GOT BURNED W/A CIGARETTE, NO LOCATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2007 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| ASH FROM CIGARETTE BLEW OFF INTO PT'S EYE WHILE HE WAS DRIVING. DX: L EYE CORNEAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2007 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| PT FLICKED A CIGARETTE OUT THE CAR WINDOW AND IT BLEW BACK IN STRIKING HER IN THE EYE INJURY EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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