>>MELANIE LAWSON: WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE. E CIGARETTE SALES ARE SURGING AND SO HAVE
CALLS TO POISON CONTROL. THE
CDC SAYS IN DECEMBER OF LAST
YEAR PEOPLE BOUGHT 22.7
MILLION E-CIGARETTES. THAT IS
UP FROM 15.5 MILLION FROM
JANUARY OF 2020. A SEPARATE
REPORT FROM THE FDA SAYS IT
RECEIVED MORE THAN 7,000
REPORTS POISONINGS 6, WHICH
NEARLY ALL CASES CONCERNING
CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN 5 YEARS
OLD. JOINING ME NOW IS DOCTOR
DON SOLELY THE DIRECTOR OF
FLORIDA. POISON INFORMATION
CENTR. GOOD MORNING. THANKS
FOR COMING IN TODAY. A
PLEASURE. YOU KNOW, THIS IS
DEFINITELY WORTH THE
DISCUSSION BECAUSE WE KNOW
THESE YOUNGER KIDS 5 AND
YOUNGER, THEY’RE NOT BUYING
THEM, OBVIOUSLY. SO HOW ARE
HOW ARE THEY GETTING THEIR
HANDS ON THE Z 6 NEW START IN
THE SO THAT MEANS THAT PARENTS
REALLY SHOULD BE AWARE OF
WHERE THEY’RE BEING STORED AND
KEEP THEM OUT OF THE REACH OF
CHILDREN.
>>MELANIE LAWSON: YOU KNOW,
WHEN YOU LOOK AT LITTLE PEOPLE
THAT SMALL YOU, THEY DO
EVERYTHING THAT MOM AND DAD
DO. THEY ARE SMOKING AN
E-CIGARETTE. THE CHILD MIGHT.
IF YOU IF THEY GET THEIR HANDS
ON IT, WANT TO DO THE SAME
THING THAT THE PARENT IS
DOING. SO IT’S PROBABLY WORTH
A CONVERSATION TO THAT. THIS
IS NOT FOR YOU. IT’S FOR ONLY
ADULTS, CORRECT IN THOSE
EXPOSURES THAT WERE IN
CHILDREN, ABOUT 40% OF THEM
WERE FROM INHALATION. THE
OTHER PART THE OTHER 60% WERE
FROM INGESTION. SO NOTICE IF
YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THAT THOSE
ARE THE 2 MAIN ROUTES, RIGHT,
THAT KIDS ARE GETTING INTO IT
THERE EITHER DRINKING ACTUAL
LIQUID OR THEY’RE YOU
MIMICKING AND THEY’RE GOING UP
AND TAKING POPS OFF PRODUCT.
IS THERE HAVE YOU KNOW THAT A
CHILD’S BEEN EXPOSE? WHAT TYPE
OF CHARACTERISTICS WILL
EXHIBIT? FROM IF IT CONTAINS
NICOTINE? SO ONE OF THE THINGS
TO THINK ABOUT IS THERE ARE
LOTS OF DIFFERENT VAPING
PRODUCTS. NOT EVERYTHING IS
JUST NICOTINE.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: SO YOU CAN
VAPE ALL SORTS OF THINGS,
WHETHER THAT’S CRATE OTHER
THINGS LIKE THAT AS WELL. SO
JUST IN GENERAL FROM THAT, IF
NICOTINE, THAT MEANS THAT THEY
WILL COUGH INITIALLY. IF THERE
ARE USUALLY INHALING IT, THEY
CAN HAVE NAUSEA, VOMITING. IT
CAN MAKE YOUR HEART RACE SO IT
CAN DEFINITELY BE DANGEROUS TO
A SMALL CHILD. AND I KNOW, YOU
KNOW, THE FIRST ROUTE GIVE YOU
ALL A CALL AND YOU KIND OF
WALK THEM THROUGH WHAT TO DO
NEXT OF SOMEONE DOES HAVE
EXPOSURE.
>> SOME OF THESE CASES END UP
WITH THE KIDS BEING IN THE
HOSPITAL. SOME IT IS A LOW
PERCENTAGE, THOUGH. SO THAT’S
WHY CALLING THE POISONS ENTER
WE CAN. WE CAN HELP YOU
THROUGH THAT.
>> BY CALLING 1, 802 TO 2, 1,
2, 2, 2, WE CAN ASSESS WHETHER
OR NOT YOU REALLY NEED TO GO
TO THE HEALTH CARE FACILITY
BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME CASES
THAT REALLY DO NEED TO GO. ALL
RIGHT. I MEAN, THE KEY HERE IS
AND WE’VE HAD THIS
CONVERSATION BEFORE,
ESPECIALLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
MARIJUANA GUMMIES.
>> THAT THEY HAVE TO BE PUT
AWAY. WHAT ARE SOME TIPS THAT
YOU GIVE PARENTS? I MEAN, IN A
LOCKED CABINET, HOW DO YOU
MAKE SURE THAT THE KID DOESN’T
FIND THEM?
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: USUALLY THE
UP AND AWAY ARE ALL GREAT
ADVICE. ALL RIGHT. SO UP IN A
WAY AND YOU CAN ASSUME THAT
BECAUSE IT’S IN A DRAWER THAT
YOUR CHILD IS GOING TO OPEN.
MY DAUGHTER SEES AN EVERY
THING THEY GET THEY GET INTO
EVERYTHING. AND IF ESPECIALLY
THEY DON’T KNOW THAT IT’S
DANGEROUS.
>>MELANIE LAWSON: OPEN A
DRAWER. THEY SEE IT AND THEY
SEE MOM AND DAD USE IT. THEN
THEY MAY USE IT. WHAT ARE
TYPES OF OTHER RISKS TO VAPING
PRODUCTS POSE THAT JUST IN
GENERAL?
>> WELL, THE PRIME POPULATION
IS THAT CHILDREN UNDER 5 THAT
ARE UNDER 6 THAT ARE GETTING
INTO IT. AND IN THAT CASE, THE
PROBLEM IS, IS THAT THE
LIQUIDS HAS SUCH A HIGH
CONCENTRATION OF NICOTINE.
THEY 50 MILIGRAMS PER
MILILITER OF LIQUIDS. THAT
DOES NOT TAKE MUCH GETTING
INTO A CHILD AND THEY CAN END
UP HAVING SEIZURES. IT CAN BE
VERY DANGEROUS. ANY TYPE OF
VAPING PRODUCTS HAS RISKS TO
IT. WHETHER YOU’RE AN ADULT
USING IT OR ANYONE THE SAME
RISK THAT YOU MIGHT THINK
ABOUT IF I’M GOING TO BE USING
CIGARETTES TO SOME EXTENT,
THERE’S ALSO OTHER CHEMICALS
THAT ARE IN THESE PRODUCTS. SO
IT’S NOT JUST PLANT MATERIAL.
AND LIKE I MENTIONED, PEOPLE
CAN BE VAPING, ALL SORTS OF
DIFFERENT THINGS. YEAH. ALL
RIGHT. SO ANOTHER WARNING, YOU
KNOW, PARENTS, GUARDIANS, IT
IS UP TO YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE’RE KEEPING THE KIDS SAFE.
>> HAVE THE CONVERSATION AND
THEN MAKE SURE THAT ANY OF
THOSE PRODUCTS ARE UP AND AWAY
AND IF THEY CAN BE LOCKED EVEN
BETTER. AND REMEMBER, IF YOU
EVER HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE
FLORIDA POISON CONTROL SENTIR
ABOUT POSSIBLE EXPOSURE OR
CONTACT WITH ANY DRUG AT ALL.
>>MELANIE LAWSON: IT IS A FREE
NUMBER. THERE ARE EXPERTS THAT
WILL BE ABLE TO WALK YOU
THROUGH ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED
TO DO DO NOT HESITATE TO MAKE
THAT CALL. DOCTOR. SALLY,
THANK YOU FOR COMING IN AGAIN.