As the e-cigarette becomes more popular the amount of people affected by it becomes greater. The number of children under the age of six exposed and poisoned by the nicotine in the e-cigarette rose by nearly 1,500% from 2012 to 2015. Though the second hand smoke can cause troubles the majority of e-cigarette poison comes from these young children finding the cigarette juice and swallowing it. On average every three hours a poison control center is called about a child being exposed to an e-cigarette or it's nicotine juice.
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1. Do you think that e-cigarettes are more, less, or equally dangerous to adults and kids?
2. Do you think these cases are careless e-cigarette smokers or something else?
My opinion - I think that no matter what kind of cigarette it is they are all dangerous. The smokers aren't only hurting themselves but are putting out second hand smoke that also harms people around them. I think the reason these kids are getting poisoned is because these smokers are not keeping the cigarette juice away from kids enough.
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Good topic. Again, all of your replies were done on the same day.
I think people are extremely careless and because of the second-hand smoke, many kids are suffering, We ought to figure out something to save the future generation.
I think they are more dangerous to children because they have more of an opportunity to become addicted at a faster rate. If there is nicotene in them too, then they could have more health issues earlier in life.
I think they are more dangerous because a kid can smell it and think it is a fruit juice. I think the people using e-cigs need to learn to keep them out of reach and to not do it around children.
Its not whether you think they are more dangerous to kids or not, they definitely are. Almost everything is more dangerous to kids, so they shouldn't be allowed near this stuff. Some are careless people, some are accidents, who knows.
I think any kind of cigarette is dangerous because not only are smokers putting their own body in harms way but they are also putting loved ones and people they dont even know in harms way with second hand smoke. I think the e-cigarette smokers are being careless and not keeping the juice out of childrens reach if this is happening this often.
I think that they are equally dangerous to kids as they are to adults, they may even be more dangerous to kids. I think that people are just stupid when they smoke wherever they want to, a lot of people will smoke around children and not really care what happens.
I think they are pretty equal because both of them contain nicotine. Both of them release smoke into the air that people have to breath. Neither one of them are helping anyone. I think the people are just being careless by smoking around kids and leaving their things where kids can get them.
I think they are more dangerous for kids, but it depends on how much of it they are exposed to. If they drink the juice then it is more dangerous, but if they are just smoking it I think it is equal to adults. I think kids can get a hold of anything and you just have to be careful. E-ciggs are a cool thing because if you are trying to quit they are not as dangerous as regular cigarette especially for the people around the smoker. You can ween off the regular ones with these and they smell good as well.
I think they are super dangerous for everyone but they probably are more dangerous for kids because their lungs are not as strong as an adult. I think this cases are careless
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