Addiction Commonality

Alcohol, Opiates, Fat and Sugar are all Addictive Substances: this blog is about that "addiction sameness".

Butter Pig Family

* A butter sculpture of a sow and her piglets

Monday, March 24, 2014

Danger: Liquid Nicotine for E-Cigarettes


The liquid stimulant used in e-cigarettes, when ingested or absorbed through the skin, can cause vomiting, seizures or death.
Selling a Poison by the Barrel: Liquid Nicotine for E-Cigarettes

By MATT RICHTEL

"E-liquids" used to refill e-cigarettes are potent, unregulated neurotoxins. Evidence of the potential dangers is already emerging.
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QUOTATION OF THE DAY

"It's not a matter of if a child will be seriously poisoned or killed. It's a matter of when."
LEE CANTRELL, director of the San Diego division of the California Poison Control System, on the dangers of liquid nicotine, a key ingredient in e-cigarettes.


 

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