Citation

Ang E, Tuthill D, Thompson J. Arch. Dis. Child. 2018; 103(11): 1091.

Affiliation

National Poisons Information Service, Cardiff Unit, University Hospital Llandough, Cardiff, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/archdischild-2018-314886

PMID

29449210

Abstract

Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), commonly known as e-cigarettes, are products that vaporise nicotine-containing liquid.1 The emergence of e-cigarettes as an alternative to smoking tobacco products has raised many issues regarding their safe use among adult users and death has been reported occasionally from overdoses. However, there are few data regarding the risk of e-liquid exposure and its outcome in children.

We explored the effects of e-liquid exposure in the paediatric population from an analysis of all telephone …

Language: en

Keywords

childhood poisoning; e-cigarettes; e-liquid; nicotine toxicity