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Calls to poison centers involving e-cigarettes have surged during the last 3 and half years, a new study shows.
The number of calls shot up from 1 per month in September 2010 to 215 per month in February 2014, researchers for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report in the April 4 issue of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
"This report raises another red flag about e-cigarettes — the liquid nicotine used in e-cigarettes can be hazardous," said CDC Director Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, in a CDC press release. "E-cigarette liquids as currently sold are a threat to small children because they are not required to be childproof, and they come in candy and fruit flavors that are appealing to children."
More than half (51.1%) of the calls to poison centers because of e-cigarettes involved children 5 years and younger, the researchers report. Many states do not restrict the sale of e-cigarettes to minors.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/823052
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The number of calls shot up from 1 per month in September 2010 to 215 per month in February 2014, researchers for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report in the April 4 issue of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
"This report raises another red flag about e-cigarettes — the liquid nicotine used in e-cigarettes can be hazardous," said CDC Director Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, in a CDC press release. "E-cigarette liquids as currently sold are a threat to small children because they are not required to be childproof, and they come in candy and fruit flavors that are appealing to children."
More than half (51.1%) of the calls to poison centers because of e-cigarettes involved children 5 years and younger, the researchers report. Many states do not restrict the sale of e-cigarettes to minors.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/823052
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It's alcopops all over again! 🙄