Explosive discovery about e-cigarettes
A TEENAGE vaper has had emergency surgery to reconstruct a hole in his jaw after his e-cigarette exploded in a freak accident.
The 17-year-old male, from Nevada, USA, was vaping when his e-cigarette exploded in his face, breaking his teeth and shattering his jaw, Fox 6 Now reported.
It remains unclear what type of e-cigarette was involved in the incident.
“People need to know before they buy these devices that there’s a possibility they’re going to blow up in your pocket, in your face,” said Dr Katie Russell, the trauma medical director at the Primary Children’shospital who treated the teenager.
Drrussell believes many users aren’t even aware e-cigarettes can explode – meaning they don’t seek out resources on battery safety.
“I just wanted to get this out there so other people could know that this was possible,” she said.
“A pack of cigarettes says this can kill you. While e-cigarettes warn that nicotine is addictive, they seem to offer little information on battery risk.”
Earlier this year, a novice vaper from Texas died after using an e-cigarette for the first time. It exploded and cut an artery in his neck.
William Eric Brown, 24, had been trying out the vaporiser pen, which is said to be a safer alternative to smoking tobacco cigarettes, reported.
One study conducted in 2018 found more than 2000 ecigarette explosions and burn injuries sent users to US hospital emergency departments from 2015-2017. Imogen Reid