Eyewitness News tonight at 11pm to talk about a "hidden danger" in ecigs

[k3vin]

maybe it will be a piece like they did around here this last week..About the hidden "BACTERIA" inside clearos and such..

That was the teaser line,then when the story came on it was about what was on the outside of the clearo,where one puts their mouth on it.. Silly sensationalism.

 

[Wolfmeat]

It's going to be about children drinking e-juice and the dangers of nicotine poisoning. (That's my guess.)

It's the latest slam. Painting the picture that vapors are irresponsible and leave their juice around for the young ones to drink because it tastes so good.

 

[squee]

I just watched the report and yes, it was about liquid nicotine. Not really a crap piece, mostly talking about how it's a growing trend and parents esp need to be aware about keeping it away from children. Though one thing the health dept woman mentioned - you have to be careful with the batteries around children too, because they could ingest them and that could cause damage. At that point, I just busted out laughing - I mean, if your kid eats batteries, you got more serious problems than vaping's gonna solve LOL.

Bottom line, I thought it might actually help ecigs - talking about how people are switching to save money, and flavors like cotton candy and apple pie. If I was watching that as a smoker, it would've turned my head

 

[DrMA]

Good thing ecigs came to the market. We would've never known the dangers batteries pose to the cheerren otherwise.

 

[Bramble]

Good thing ecigs came to the market. We would've never known the dangers batteries pose to the cheerren otherwise.

But they are hidden batteries with hidden danger. Science!!

 

[Julie W]

So can someone explain why this product isn't being "demonised"
that's 420mg of nicotine right there, but I have never heard anyone mention the dangers of these around 'the chillren'
There is more likelyhood of them getting into these,as they're not even in child proof containers.

I really hate double standards
Nicorette Inhaler 10mg
Product Name
Nicorette Inhaler 10mg 42 Cartridges/Pack
Active Ingredient
Nicotine
Manufacturer
Proctor & Gamble Pharmaceuticals

 

[Bramble]

So can someone explain why this product isn't being "demonised"
that's 420mg of nicotine right there, but I have never heard anyone mention the dangers of these around 'the chillren'
There is more likelyhood of them getting into these,as they're not even in child proof containers.

I really hate double standards
Nicorette Inhaler 10mg
Product Name
Nicorette Inhaler 10mg 42 Cartridges/Pack
Active Ingredient
Nicotine
Manufacturer
Proctor & Gamble Pharmaceuticals

Because the right people are making money from it

 

[Julie W]

Because the right people are making money from it

Yep that's what I figured,spot on!

 

[swhite]

Just watched my recording of the report and I agree with squee. It was more of a public announcement type of piece where they are trying to warn people of the dangers of kids being exposed to the nicotine or ingesting it. I, too, lost it when the "health expert" mentioned the danger of kids ingesting the batteries. How many batteries do you have lying around your house? Probably a lot. Yet I have never seen reports aimed at the battery makers and now I am left wondering what is so special about ecig batteries that makes kids want to swallow them. Although it seemed to be a public service notice I think the way they put the story together still paints a slightly bad picture of e cigs but it was not as bad as many others have been. Sometimes it is just the way they say something. I could not find this story online on their site but I did find the story that I think they used for this report and it is much more detailed and comes across much better. They even included some good information from Dr. Carl V. Phillips about nicotine not being as toxic as experts say it is and he references the journal it was from. I will post the link to that article.

NBC4 Investigates: Hazards Of E-Cigarettes - WCMH: News, Weather, and Sports for Columbus, Ohio

 

[kathi17]

How many batteries do you have lying around your house? Probably a lot. Yet I have never seen reports aimed at the battery makers and now I am left wondering what is so special about ecig batteries that makes kids want to swallow them.

Maybe the e-cig batteries taste better than the double A's you put in their toys!

 

[DrMA]

Maybe the e-cig batteries taste better than the double A's you put in their toys!

Lol. I hear the coin-style Li batteries have the most appealing flavor to the children.

 

[MorpheusPA]

Lol. I hear the coin-style Li batteries have the most appealing flavor to the children.

I find that they're easy to chew, like M&Ms, but somewhat crunchy and the lithium has a rather sour flavor.

 

[rothenbj]

Good thing ecigs came to the market. We would've never known the dangers batteries pose to the cheerren otherwise.

Everyone knows that e cig batteries are much more deadly than those safe EverReadys, especially them there cotton candy e cig batteries.

 

[Sundodger]

LOL, I can just see some broke, out of luck vaper, following his kid around for a couple of days waiting to get his batteries back.