Packaging: Social Issue

Social Issue: Preventing children from accidently playing with matches. One of the highest causes of house fires in Australia

Matches should be off limits for kids, they should be kept inaccessible to children at all times

-       (Home Alarm Monitoring, 2010, 10 most common causes of house fires, viewed 14^th april 2012, http://www.homealarmmonitoring.org/year/10-most-common-causes-of-house-fires)

Children play with matches and do not fully comprehend the risks they are taking. Children should be educated on the dangers of matches and how accidents happen

Children, aged 0-16years, responsible for the lighting of a fire in the house, due to the misuse of either heat from ignition or from the material ignited

-       Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2006, Home fire safety, viewed 14^th april 2012, http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/2f762f95845417aeca25706c00834efa/1672d6d197020b08ca2570ec000e5353!OpenDocument)