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14 Injuries and Poisonings
Pages 473-480

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... . Finally, in recognition of the risks, FDA's recently released comprehensive nicotine strategy includes provisions for setting product standards "to protect against known public health risks such as electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS)
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... reported two cases of severe corneal injuries, in addition to other facial injuries that occurred in an adult and adolescent when their e-cigarettes ­ exploded, resulting in decreased visual acuity. Several groups have published summaries of reported explosions causing harm, based on reports from general hospitals or burn treatment centers (Arnaout et al., 2017; Brownson et al., 2016; Hassan et al., 2016; Rudy and Durmowicz, 2016)
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... reported on a patient who had a full-thickness thigh burn due to overheating of a resistor component of the e-cigarette, in the absence of the device catching fire or exploding. INTENTIONAL AND UNINTENTIONAL EXPOSURE TO E-LIQUID Ingestion of nicotine-containing e-cigarette solutions can result in serious health effects, including death, due to nicotine toxicity.
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... 2017. Re: Burn injuries from exploding electronic cigarette batteries: An emerging public health hazard.
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... 2016. Burn injuries from exploding electronic cigarette batteries: An emerging public health hazard.
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... 2017. Alarming increase in electronic nicotine delivery systems-related burn injuries: A serious unregulated public health issue.
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... 2016. Electronic cigarettes in Mississippi: Issues facing healthcare providers and policy makers.
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