Sharp spike in nicotine poisoning among young children
The growing popularity of e-cigarettes has been accompanied by a sharp increase in nicotine poisonings among U.S. children, according to a new study conducted by the Center for Injury Research and Policy of the Research Institute and the Central Ohio Poison Center, both at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
Researchers found e-cigarette, nicotine and tobacco product exposures among children younger than six years old rose by 1,500 percent from January 2012 through April 2015, based on more than 29,000 calls related to e-cigarettes made to Poison Control Centers in the U.S.