Can A Cigarette Cause A Forest Fire?

Can A Cigarette Cause A Forest Fire? The number of wildfires caused by cigarettes has fallen drastically. “Since 1980, smoking-caused wildfires fell by 90 percent,” says U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS) scientist Jeffrey Prestemon. Can cigarettes start wildfires? Arson, equipment fires and burning debris are among the most common ways for fires to