An article can be found here:
http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/e-cigarette-poisonings-skyrocket-mostly-kids-n70961?ocid=msnhp&pos=1
According to the above article, “More than half of the poisoning reports involved
children age 5 and younger, including many kids drawn to the nicotine-laced
liquids flavored like fruit, bubble gum and soda pop, which come in containers
ranging from small vials to multi-gallon jugs that are not required to be
childproof.”
Can you image
your five year old self, smoking an E-Cigarette? This is ridiculous to me that
kids have access to these things now days. I mean I understand that most
parents wouldn’t just hand their young child a cigarette but how do they not
keep them away from their children?
According to CDC
Director Dr. Tom Frieden, the liquid nicotine that is used within E-Cigarettes
can be very hazardous. This wasn’t very surprising to me to be honest. I would
think it would be just as harmful, if not more than smoking a traditional
cigarette.
“Between
September 2010 and February 2014, there were 2,405 calls about e-cigarettes to
the nation’s 55 poison control centers, and about 16,248 calls about
conventional cigarettes, the study found.”
This is crazy how
hazardous these things can be to the human body. Why would anyone want to put
those liquids into themselves or their children?
The article stats
that just a teaspoon of these cigarettes could have the ability to kill a
child, wow.
The purpose of
this article was to explain to people how important it is to keep these devices
out of the reach of children. I hope people do this now! That would be such a ridiculous
way for your child to die, all because you were too foolish to keep a dumb
E-Cigarette out of their reach.
Makers of these products may claim these are safe, but there’s no guarantee
for your children! Be safe when using this product!
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