More children affected by electronic cigarettes

As has flourished electronic cigarette industry has increased the number of children exposed to the liquid nicotine, which is harmful if swallowed or in contact with skin .Liquid nicotine dangerous if swallowed or comes in contact with skin .


As has flourished electronic cigarette industry has increased the number of children exposed to feeding liquid nicotine vaporizers manuals, toxicology experts say.

More than 2,700 people have called this year to poison control offices to denounce the liquid nicotine exposure, more than half of the cases in children under six years, according to national statistics. The figures show a sharp increase from a few hundred cases three years ago.

Electronic vaporizers battery resemble traditional cigarettes work by heating liquid nicotine into an inhalable mist substance. The drug offers flavors of goodies that make it attractive for small, which increases the risk of exposure.

"With children, we witnessed exposure usually occurs when parents or family members leave the spare bulbs," said Ashley Webb, director of the Regional Poison Control Center of Kentucky.

Experts often see an increase in emergency calls from new products, Webb said. The number of users of electronic cigarettes has risen to several million worldwide, and the industry has grown in four years from $ 82 million to 2,500 million in annual sales, of which at least 500 million from liquid nicotine.

Despite the recent increase, the liquid nicotine exposures are still less than half of those attributed to traditional cigarettes, but potentially more toxic, said Robert Bassett, toxicologist in Philadelphia.

"It could be really difficult for a child to eat a whole box of cigarettes, but we are now dealing with this highly concentrated form in which one gathers more than a box of cigarettes in a small amount is swallowed," confirmed the toxicologist.

Bassett provided advice in the case of a 10 month old baby who drank a bottle refill while her mother was back. The child recovered in hours but vomited and her heart beat furiously when he was taken to the emergency room.

The liquid nicotine is not only harmful if swallowed, as their contact to the skin may also be toxic.