U.S. FIRE ADMINISTRATION
 60 SEC. RADIO
"Butt Out" 

ANNOUNCER: (whispering) Ladies and gentlemen, we’re back live at the National "BUTT 
OUT" Finals. And we’re down to our last contestant. A.J. Langer. He’s all fired up.
We can see smoke coming out of his nose.
And there’s a big cloud of smoke around his head...
And there he goes!

SFX: Cigarette being crushed out

SFX: CROWD REACTION APPLAUSE UP AND UNDER

ANNOUNCER: It’s out! He put his butt out in 2.6 seconds!
Now the judges are checking his butt to make sure every bit of combustible material is 
extinguished.

A thumbs up! A new world record for extinguishing a cigarette - 2.6 seconds. Loire is 
with A. J. ...Loire?

LOIRE: A.J. how did you get so good at putting your butt out?

A.J.: Well Loire, I burnt the house down. I was a careless smoker.

LOIRE: So you learned the hard way.

A.J.: Hard and costly way.

LOIRE: You have any tips for the smokers out there?

 A.J.:  Well you get a sturdy ashtray. Push down hard and twist with the wrist.

LOIRE:  Right.

A.J.:  And let’s see who can beat 2.6 seconds. 

ANNOUNCER:  If you smoke. Put it out.  All the way.  Every time. 
Smoking is the number one cause of preventable home-fire deaths.

Check out www.usfa.fema.gov/smoking.

A message from the U.S. Fire Administration and firefighters everywhere.