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Exploding cigars are an old prank, but e-cigarette explosions aren’t funny and can be devastating to an increasing number of teens. University of Utah surgeons combed the case records for 9 children’s hospitals looking for e-cigarette-related injuries during the years 2016 through 2019.

A total of 15 children 13 to 18 years were injured. Ten required hospital admission and 3 landed in the ICU. The catalog of injuries included facial burns, loss of teeth, thigh and groin burns, hand burns, eye injuries, and even a jaw fracture. Forty percent required surgery.

Nationally, FEMA reported 195 e-cigarette fires and explosions between 2009 and 2016, and 29% of the victims suffered severe injuries.

Why do e-cigarettes explode? They often contain often cheap lithium-ion batteries to power their heaters. When these batteries get banged around, they can explode and the e-cigarette becomes a flaming rocket.

So add this explosion danger to lung damage and cancer generation making 3 good reasons for your teens and for you not to use these e-cigarettes.

https://www.journalofsurgicalresearch.com/article/S0022-4804(22)00095-6/fulltext

https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/electronic_cigarettes.pdf

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