Reynolds American Reminds Users of General E-Cig Safety
A recent federal report discussed the safety risks electric cigarettes and personal vaporizers posed on national public health. Reynolds American Inc. responded to the report by improving their safety guidelines for their Vuse electronic cigarettes and e-liquids.
The Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention compiled and released their report on Thursday. The CDC said in the report that 2,405 calls we’re made between September 2010 and February 2014 related to e-cig exposure incidents. Just a little over half of those calls have been attributed to children of the age of 5 under having been exposed to e-liquid containing nicotine. 42% are reported to have been older than 20 years of age.
The risk of poisoning and death in children consuming e-liquid is very real and must not be taken lightly. The least serious incidents included skin rash, eye irritation from exposure and vomiting from inhaling. Consuming e-liquid is extremely dangerous at any age and all e-cigarette products should always be out of a child’s reach.
Reynolds reached out to parents in their new guidelines to always keep everything out of their children’s reach. They also promoted safe design and discussed how they have researched ways to make a safe e-cig. The design was made to minimize chances of ingestion or exposure caused by malfunction. Their product safety information is described as being tamper-resistant and choke-hazard resistant, as well as their cartridges disabling as soon as they are empty to prevent degradation of the material or misuse of refilling non-refillable units.
Regulators and eager to bring forth legislation against electric cigarette products including all electronic cigarettes and vaporizers alike. Lawmakers will not make it cheap on users if health risks are present. But is the E-Liquid or nicotine to blame? Just like medication, toxic cleaning products, real cigarettes and any toxic item should always be kept out of reach of kids. It is important for parents to be extra vigilant with e-liquids due to various sweet flavors that a child would enjoy tasting.
We hope to see more manufacturers follow Reynolds into bringing awareness to users of proper use and storage of e-cigarettes to reduce calls related to e-cig exposure problems and especially those involving children. The fact that half of the calls involve children of 5 years of age or less, bring to question how aware parents are of the dangers of nicotine. We urge everyone to keep friends and family safe by storing e-liquids and ecigs safely.