While e-cigarettes promise
positive outcomes without the
complications of smoke inhalation,
poison centres in the United
States have reported a significantly
increasing incidence of calls relating
to the devices.
According to the April Morbidity
and Mortality Weekly Report, the
number of calls received in Sep
2013 was one and in Feb 2014 blew
up to 215.
“This report raises another red
flag about e-cigarettes — the liquid
nicotine used in e-cigarettes can be
hazardous,” said CDC Director Tom
Frieden, in a press release.
“E-cigarette liquids as currently
sold are a threat to small children.”
More than half the calls to poison
centres involved children five years
and younger who found the sweet
flavouring attractive, the report
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