Keep that Nicquid away from children.

[ltrainer]

Articles are hitting the media about children getting poisoned from ejuice. Here's an article from the NY Times.

www. nytimes .com/2014/03/24/business/selling-a-poison-by-the-barrel-liquid-nicotine-for-e-cigarettes.html?_r=0

 

[InTheClouds]

NY Times needs some new fact checkers, that article was a mixture of fact and fiction. People need to be responsible, especially if there are children around. My son got a lock box, like you would use for cash at a yard sale, to keep his liquid in. He has three kids ages 12, 8 and 2. A 2 year old can get into something in the time it takes a parent to go to the bathroom. It's so much easier to blame an industry than take personal responsibility. I do think that e-liquid should be in child proof containers.

 

[Rickajho]

I do wish people would search ECF before re-re-reposting garbage articles like this. This has to be at least the 10th time I have seen someone put up a link to this article in a matter of days. New flash: It's rehashing the same non-news junk statistics from that boob in California from over two years ago. Must have been a really slow news day at the NYT.

 

[nerak]

Whether this is a current article or not, the warning to keep any nicotine liquid or juice out of reach of children is valid.

Even a PV containing juice with nic should never be left out. Young children love to imitate and explore. A sitting PV is an opportunity to do what parents do and can lead to juice spilling on hands and eventually getting into the eyes or mouth.

Caution is never a bad thing. A reminder is always good.

 

[solace.discord]

recent articles are misleading and skew the facts to support the theme. seems to belong more in tabloids and less in the NYT. personally, I expect more from NYT than this.

I don't think I've received a bottle of liquid that *didn't* have a warning on the label.

I'll admit, some are smarter, and have more common sense, than others. but seriously.. if kids are getting into stuff, it's not the fault of the stuff- it's the parents being dumba**.

I have good kids.. but they are still kids.. and my nic stuff is all locked away or otherwise out of sight, out of reach. cuz I'm not a dumba**.

follow up articles:
New York Times goes “more at 11:00″ with story on ecigs and poisoning | Anti-THR Lies and related topics

5 Substances in your home more harmful than E-Cigarettes - Knoxville Business | Examiner.com

and another:
http://www.digitaltrends.com/opinio...sks-dangers-toothpaste-new-york-times/#!Br0sV

 

[InTheClouds]

sorry, posting was acting wonky, posted same post 3 times

 

[InTheClouds]

I do wish people would search ECF before re-re-reposting garbage articles like this. This has to be at least the 10th time I have seen someone put up a link to this article in a matter of days. New flash: It's rehashing the same non-news junk statistics from that boob in California from over two years ago. Must have been a really slow news day at the NYT.

Speaking for myself, this is the 1st time I saw this particular article. I don't comb through every thread on ECF. Itrainer was being helpful to make sure we were all informed. You never know, maybe someone needed that reminder. Enjoy a nice vape and relax

 

[Funk Dracula]

I have strong, vulgar words for the idiot who wrote this article. I'll save them for the appropriate venue, as pretty much everything I have to say is an ECF TOS violation.

 

[ltrainer]

I posted that article to bring to the fore what the main stream media is communicating to the people that has relevance to the ecig community. I did not say whether I agreed with the article or not.

Not everyone scours ECF looking for articles. I would say most go to their usual places on the forum that they do every day. I suspect that most people in this forum were not aware of how this subject is being communicated in the media because most would not think about searching for it on EFC.

I think it would be a good idea to move your bed against the other wall so you could roll out on the other side. Have a good day.

 

[nerak]

Getting back to the OP:

I am a Grandma that lives alone. My REO's that I am currently using are always readily available. My REO room with my table and supplies often holds a bottle of juice. I have another area with my chargers and a extra bottle of juice.

When the grandkids come over, ages 1-11, I quickly grab all juice bottles and REO's and place them in a safe place. Now the kids do explore the house and often they are out of sight for a few minutes. They are great about only touching or playing with the things they know I have out for them.

But the little 1 year old had no such manners! She will grab whatever she sees. I am grateful that I can easily place most stuff out of her reach!

We just need to be aware of anything that can cause harm.

Since this is a e-cig forum it is prudent to voice a concern about the danger of e-juice or nic liquid in the hands of children.

 

[JeremyR]

There is a lot of fear mongering in the media, always has been. The news had something about ecigs targeting teens. It was absolute rubbish. The next was some "horrible" thing about medical you know what since it just became legal.

Don't leave to let bowl cleaner in reach of children. Fireplaces yeah those are dangerous to kids. Ect. Ect.
At any rate I have a child and I keep my stuff put away.

 

[Mudflap]

Hazardous substances, tools, etc., have been present in homes and accessible to young children for centuries. Responsible parents always take the necessary steps to mitigate and reduce the potential for harm and accidents.

BUT... if you have an agenda which involves using the power of the State to impose various measures of CONTROL over the population, you tend to want to influence and change public perception so that the public believes it is the responsibility of the State to take the necessary steps to mitigate and reduce the potential for harm and accidents.

Too many folks value security (or the illusion of such) over liberty and personal responsibility. It's disheartening.

 

[jkais3r]

The headlines of the articles are very misleading. Maybe not this one, but just last week I had someone who I would say is an intelligent and decently informed person quote an article from a Minneapolis paper saying that people are being poisoned from them. He was just asking if I had heard since he knows I vape. The article was talking about liquid that kids have drank. At first I thought he meant us, the users, being poisoned.

Yes I completely agree childproof containers and hidden away out of reach are the way to go. But we're going to need some legislation passed soon to protect vaping from an imminent downfall.

Another friend of mine, ( thinks he knows everything so maybe not a good friend), tried to tell me vaping was the same as smoking. My only replies were how about you go do some research, according to your logic chewing tobacco, nicotene patches, nicotene gum are all smoking. Then he said don't blow me up with your technicalities. Sh** like that grinds my gears. I'm sure many of us have researched propylene glycol lab tests vegetable glycerin tests and even did some touch up research on nicotene. We know what we're inhaling and it isn't anywhere even close to tobacco.

Sorry about my little rant but that said friend really pis*** me off today...

Oh and New Jersey wants to tax cigarettes according to blu's and others pre-filled crap-omizers ads??? Ban all the friggen ads as long as people don't think 1ml is a pack of cigs. AGHHH!!!

 

[Danderdude]

I can't, for the life of me, understand the motivation behind this. Yes, it was stupid to start smoking in the first place, but tomorrow marks the first month in 8 years I will have been without a cigarette. The gum didn't do it. My mom telling me to quit didn't do it. The constant barrage of stop smoking advertising didn't do it. Vaping has. Vaping has turned a disgusting addiction into an interesting hobby and as long as I can get my hands on eliquid I'm never going back.

 

[4Yankee]

I can't, for the life of me, understand the motivation behind this. Yes, it was stupid to start smoking in the first place, but tomorrow marks the first month in 8 years I will have been without a cigarette. The gum didn't do it. My mom telling me to quit didn't do it. The constant barrage of stop smoking advertising didn't do it. Vaping has. Vaping has turned a disgusting addiction into an interesting hobby and as long as I can get my hands on eliquid I'm never going back.

This. This right here.

 

[jkais3r]

I can't find the article, but there was one saying that at a mn senate hearing a representative from the American lung associations main point of banning vaping was because children were drinking it. How the hell does ingesting a liquid have anything to do with the ALA? And again why is drinking the liquid being used as ammo for banning the correct usage?

Well people can die from drinking bleach so you can no longer clean your business with any product that has bleach due to the clean stomach act. That's about what I think of when I hear the excuse that nicotine liquid is dangerous when drank.