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Calls to poison centers about e-cigarettes have surged - The Washington Post Page 1 of 3 <br /> tvisinten N Iil <br /> I' <br /> Back to previous page <br /> Calls to poison centers <br /> wring <br /> about e-cigarettes <br /> have surged <br /> By Brady Dennis, Published: April 3 <br /> Calls to poison centers across the country <br /> involving e-cigarettes have surged in recent RANKED #1 <br /> years as the products have gained in popularity, <br /> according to figures released Thursday by the IN RELIABILITY <br /> Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. <br /> Between September 2010 and February this <br /> year, the volume of calls involving e-cigarettes <br /> rose nationally from about one per month to <br /> 215 per month. even as reports involving <br /> conventional cigarettes showed no similar •• <br /> increase, the agency said. It also said the actual •••• <br /> • <br /> number of cases is probably much higher, given • <br /> that not every case is reported to poison control. If* <br /> Pubic health officials and anti-smoking <br /> advocates say the increase is particularly <br /> troubling because more than half of the calls <br /> involve children younger than 6, who can suffer <br /> serious health consequences from the liquid See Award Details <br /> nicotine used in e-cigarettes. <br /> "We're tremendously concerned." James Perrin, <br /> president of the American Academy of <br /> Pediatrics. said in an interview. "This stuff is <br /> incredibly toxic, and it's also not regulated in any way. . . . The public is really remarkably unaware of <br /> the serious dangers of this.- <br /> For years. the debate over e-cigarettes has centered on whether they provide a safer alternative to <br /> traditional cigarettes and an effective way for some smokers to wean themselves off tar-laden tobacco <br /> while still getting a nicotine fix. <br /> http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/calls-to-poison-centers-about-e-cig... 4/4/2014 <br />