“Not only are the caps child-resistant, but the flow of liquid is restricted so that only small amounts can be dispensed.” law,” said April Meyers, the president of the board of directors and CEO of the Smoke-Free Alternatives Trade Association, which represents the vaping industry. “All e-liquid bottles manufactured in the United States conform to U.S.
The new FDA report also mentions the apparent suicide of an adult via e-cigarette poisoning.Ī spokesperson for the vaping industry said companies take safety seriously. Authors of the report say their numbers likely underestimate the problem, given that poison control centers aren’t contacted in every case.Ī 1-year-old died from vaping-related nicotine poisoning in 2014.
Nearly 90% of exposures involved children under 5. About half of poison center reports had no information about whether patients needed medical care. Poison control centers reported more than 7,000 vaping-related exposures in people of all ages from Apto March 31, 2023.Īccording to the FDA, 43 of those exposures resulted in hospitalization and an additional 582 in other medical treatment. The number of reports to poison control centers about e-cigarettes has more than doubled since 2018, according to an analysis by the FDA. “Every day that FDA allows flavored e-cigarette products to remain on the market is another day that children can be enticed by these dangerous, and sometimes deadly, products,” he said. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), who co-sponsored the 2016 legislation, said he would push to expand the childproof packaging requirement to disposable and pod-based e-cigarettes. “Nicotine liquid is an accident waiting to happen,” Calello said “It smells good and it’s highly concentrated.” Diane Calello, the executive and medical director of the New Jersey Poison Information and Education System.
That makes vapes far more tempting - and hazardous - than traditional cigarettes, which have lower doses of nicotine and a bitter taste that often prompts children to quickly spit them out, said Dr. Many e-cigarettes and liquids seem designed to appeal to kids, with pastel packages, names such as “ Candy King,” and flavors such as bubble gum and blue raspberry. And some disposable e-cigarettes, now the top-selling type on the market, allow users to take thousands of “puffs” and contain as much nicotine as multiple packs of cigarettes. Even vapes that appear more child-resistant - because their nicotine is sealed inside a removable cartridge - present a risk, because the cartridges can be pried open. Refillable vapes are designed to hold liquid nicotine in a central reservoir, making them dangerous to kids, Marino said. In what doctors call a major oversight, the law doesn’t require protective packaging on devices themselves. For a toddler, even a few drops can be fatal.Ĭases of vaping-related nicotine exposure reported to poison centers hit an all-time high in 2022 - despite a 2016 law, the Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act, that requires child-resistant packaging on bottles of vaping liquid. Thousands of kids a year are exposed to the liquid nicotine in e-cigarettes, also known as vapes.
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