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Calls to poison control centers to report problems related to e-cigarette exposures rose from one per month in September 2010 when officials started to keep track of such calls to 215 per month in February 2014, according to a report published Thursday in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. During that time, poison control centers fielded a total of 2,405 calls about e-cigarette injuries.To put those numbers into some perspective, the report also notes that during the same period, Americans made 16,248 calls to poison control centers regarding exposures to regular cigarettes. The monthly number of cigarette-related calls varied between 301 and 512.
Electronic cigarettes are battery-operated devices that deliver users a hit of nicotine in vapor form without the carbon monoxide or tars that e from burning tobacco leaves. The CDC estimates that 10% of American high school students and nearly 3% of middle school students used e-cigarettes in 2012.

The authors of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report -- from the CDC and the Food and Drug Administration -- found records of 9,839 calls involving either regular or electronic cigarettes that included information on the side effects suffered by victims. Among these cases, 58% of calls involving e-cigarettes reported some kind of "adverse health effect." In 68.9% of these cases,Had the nicotine not been available to the perso people became injured by ingesting something, 16.8% by inhaling something, 8.5% by getting something in their eye and 5.9% by getting something on their skin.When people were injured by e-cigarettes, the most mon side effects reported to poison control centers were nausea, vomiting and eye irritation. One person mitted suicide by injecting the nicotine solution into his or her veins.

By parison, only 36% of calls to poison control centers about regular cigarettes reported an adverse health effect and in 97.8% of those cases, the problems were related to ingestion.Young children were the ones most likely to be harmed by regular cigarettes, with 95% of victims under the age of 6. By parison, 51% of those harmed by e-cigarettes were in that age group, and 42% of victims were over the age of 20."This report raises another red flag about e-cigarettes -- the liquid nicotine used in e-cigarettes can be hazardous," Dr. Tom ]]> https://ameblo.jp/fiberisolator/entry-11819806363.html Fri, 11 Apr 2014 14:51:42 +0900
As far as it being available by the gallon and barrel, that is the way that many manufacturing ingredients are sold. When a consumer purchases nicotine by the vial it is usually already mixed into a flavor base of propylene glycol and vegetable glycol and is a finished product known as e-liquid or e-juice. Also, nicotine is not a "powerful" stimulant as is stated in the article. According to drugabuse.gov it is a mild stimulant parative to caffeine.Mr. Richtel also writes about one particular case where a person injected nicotine in order to mit suicide. Many electronic cigarette users have found this example to be inapplicable, because someone who wants to die is going to find a way if he or she is serious about it. The fact that the person chose to inject nicotine is a poor example.

Had the nicotine not been available to the person, he could have just as likely chose to jump off a bridge, overdose on illicit or OTC drugs, or chose some other method of suicide.
It has also been suggested by many news reports that dessert or candy flavored e-liquid products are being used to try to lure kids into the electronic cigarette world. As hard as it may be to believe, there are a lot of adults out there who love sweets. These flavors are being used to fill the needs and desires of adult e-cigarette users and are not being marketed to children.Many news agencies blame the fact that dessert and candy flavored e-liquids smell good makes small children want to drink them.

These reports are a feeble attempt to place the blame on e-liquid instead of placing the blame where it truly belongs, on the parents. It is a parent's responsibility to ensure their child stays safe by keeping harmful objects out of reach of the child. The same care and judgment should be used by parents when it es to e-liquid as well.A bad stigma is being put on e-liquid and the entire electronic cigarette industry because of irresponsible reporting and irresponsible parenting. It is remarkable that most reports do not mention the more than 480,000 deaths that occur every year in the United States from smoking tobacco cigarettes.These stories are unfair to the Vaping Community as well as society as a whole. ]]> https://ameblo.jp/fiberisolator/entry-11819038034.html Thu, 10 Apr 2014 17:34:19 +0900
When the user inhales, it triggers a sensor that switches on a small, battery-powered heater. The heater functions to vaporize liquid nicotine in a small cartridge, activate a light at the "lit" end of the device, and vaporize propylene glycol in the cartridge the same stuff that theatrical smoke is made of.Are e-cigarettes safe?Safer does not mean safe. Less dangerous does not mean not dangerous. The fact is e-cigarettes do not contain many toxic pounds found in traditional cigarettes.Just don't do it around people who don't want to Additionally, because the vapor quickly dissipates, it does not pose the same harm to bystanders as second-hand smoke.However, e-cigarettes still contain nicotine which is a highly addictive, cancer-causing pound that increases the "va per's" heart rate and blood pressure.

Do e-cigarettes help you quit?Depends on whom you ask. The truth of the matter is smokers are addicted to nicotine and e-cigarettes continue to feed into the addiction. Nicotine patches and gum slowly release small amounts into the body. However, e-cigarettes create a freebase form of nicotine that goes quickly from the lungs to the heart and brain. There is the potential of putting people in "limbo" of wanting to quit and having this hope, but allowing them to continue utilizing nicotine and the ritual of smoking even in places where traditional cigarettes are banned.Can they get kids hooked?

Although e-cigarettes are being marketed as devices to help smokers quit, one of the biggest concerns is their appeal to children. Each day in the US, nearly 4,000 people younger than age 18 smoke their first cigarette. Kids may be more inclined to start reaching for e-cigarettes because they e in several yummy flavors. The concern is we may be creating a new generation of nicotine addicts.It's bad for you, right?
The general perception is if something is not regulated, it is not harmful. Efforts are currently underway to change this notion. Over the next few years, e-cigarettes will likely be included under the definition of a "tobacco product" and face the same set of rules.Although the jury is out on the future of e-cigarettes, I have a pretty good idea of what the verdict will be. The marketing for these devices eerily mimics that of traditional cigarettes freedom, sophistication, rebellion which appeals to youth. ]]> https://ameblo.jp/fiberisolator/entry-11812620495.html Thu, 03 Apr 2014 16:20:10 +0900
Just don't do it around people who don't want to be exposed to it."Klatt said modifying the city's secondhand smoke ordinance to include e-cigarettes could be as simple as adding one sentence to the existing law. Other cities have faced few challenges in efforts to amend their secondhand smoke ordinances, she noted.The reported rise in e-cigarette use by teens has been another key concern for cities seeking to regulate the devices. San Mateo Police Chief Susan Manheimer said although it's illegal to sell e-cigarettes to people under 18 years of age, police recently caught two local merchants allegedly selling the products to minors. The vaporizers can also be used to smoke illegal drugs, such as hash oil and the recently outlawed synthetic drug monly referred to as spice, she said.

Manheimer further noted that in many cases, vape retailers also sell other types of smoke shop paraphernalia.But visitors to Vape Dreams in Daly City won't find the kinds of items typically associated with head shops. An employee named Miles, who declined to give his last name, said the décor is more reminiscent of a puter store than a smoke shop, because the retailer sees itself as a high-end electronics vendor and offers everything from $40 starter kits to premium "mods" custom vaporizers priced around $260. Miles, who previously worked as a science tutor, described vaping as a hobby, and said he was drawn to it by his fascination with its science and technical aspects. He said store employees advise customers not to expose others to secondhand smoke."There's an etiquette to our hobby," he noted.South San Francisco resident Rich Casuga, who credits e-cigarettes with helping him kick a 25-year tobacco cigarette habit, agreed that retailers like Vape Dreams encourage responsible vaping.

"A lot of shops tell you, 'Don't do this around other people,'" Casuga said. "They encourage you to just be respectful."Anyone younger than 18 would be barred from buying electronic cigarettes in Kentucky under a bill the state Legislature has approved.The Senate gave the bill final approval on Monday. It will b e law unless Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear vetoes it. ]]> https://ameblo.jp/fiberisolator/entry-11811671006.html Wed, 02 Apr 2014 17:31:27 +0900
This isn't the first study warning that e-cigarettes may not as effective at stopping smoking as proponents have said. Earlier this month, a study in JAMA Pediatrics also from UCSF researchers concluded that e-cigarettes may be a "gateway" to smoking real cigarettes for middle and high school students, based on increasing rates gleaned from surveys conducted in 2011 and 2012 on separate groups of students.That study was met with criticisms from experts who said the study authors may have had "an axe to grind" and that the study's conclusions were too broad.Unlike that study, this research followed the same participants for a year, but the new research was met with similar criticisms over its limitations.

"We need solid data that's based on solid science before we make decisions," Dr. Michael Siegel, a munity health researcher at the Boston University School of Public Health who was not involved with the study, told Reuters Health. The study didn't look at why the smokers used e-cigarettes,
Detractors say they are a means to make smoking socially acceptable again or how long they used them. "I hope no one would take this research letter and make any conclusion based on it," he said."This study has problems," Dr. Uncertainties over health effects from e-cigarettes have led to bans on using the products in public places in major cities including Los Angeles, Chicago and New York.A fair amount of conversation about e-cigarettes has involved their use in purportedly helping people to quit smoking. Researchers on Monday said the evidence for that has been "unconvincing," and they suggest that regulations should forbid such claims until there's supporting research.

In a letter Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Assn. Internal Medicine, researchers from the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education and the Department of Medicine at UC San Francisco noted that e-cigarettes are "aggressively promoted as smoking cessation aids."Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, are battery operated; they heat substances that usually include nicotine to deliver a vapor for inhalation that often also contains flavors fruit, bubble gum and others. Unlike conventional cigarettes, there's no tar or carbon monoxide. It's estimated to be a $2-billion business. ]]> https://ameblo.jp/fiberisolator/entry-11806224394.html Thu, 27 Mar 2014 18:28:13 +0900
Detractors say they are a means to make smoking socially acceptable again, and that they target young people.The researchers cited studies on the topic. One trial paring e-cigarettes with and without nicotine and a nicotine patch found no differences in rates of quitting over six months. And a study that said that although 85% of e-cigarette users said they were doing so to quit, they did not quit more frequently than people who didn't use e-cigarettes.In their own study, the researchers surveyed 949 smokers and found that use of e-cigarettes at the start of the study did not predict quitting a year later. And among those who smoked at the start and a year later, use of e-cigarettes was "not associated with a change in cigarette consumption."

The researchers said that more women, younger adults and people with less education use e-cigarettes."Regulations should prohibit advertising, claiming or suggesting that e-cigarettes are effective smoking cessation devices until claims are supported by scientific evidence," the researchers Rachel Grana, Lucy Popova and Pamela Ling wrote.In an a panying editorial, Dr. Michael Katz wrote, "Unfortunately, the evidence on whether e-cigarettes help smokers to quit is contradictory and inconclusive." He added that he agreed with the researchers about claims around quitting and said that e-cigarettes should be regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration "as a drug-delivery device."

E-cigarette detractors say they could lead to increased smoking. Others make the argument that they're safer in public places and can help people quit smoking. Some munities, including Los Angeles, have restricted their use.Tom Glynn, director of Cancer Science and Trends at the American Cancer Society, told the Washington Post. "What's interesting is even the authors talk about the limitations."A small U.S. study raises new questions about whether using electronic cigarettes will lead people to quit smoking, adding to the debate over how tightly the products should be regulated.The study, which looked at the habits of 88 smokers who also used e-cigarettes, was published as a research letter in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine on Monday. ]]> https://ameblo.jp/fiberisolator/entry-11806223218.html Thu, 27 Mar 2014 18:24:38 +0900
"If you change the site physically," says Matt Mescher, the neighbor who once watered the outfield to keep the sod alive, "without that blue sky and cornfield backdrop, you're going to be cutting your foot off." At a lengthy and clamorous February 2012 city-council meeting, Rita and Al Ameskamp's son Wayne made an impassioned plea for the town to halt the project. "Don't let them build these baseball diamonds out in the country and take our farm ground out of production and ruin our piece of heaven," he said. Lawsuits and social-media campaigns ensued. Without irony, a columnist for The Des Moines Register expressed concern that the development would facilitate the area's "Disneyfication."Then came an election, this past November, in which proponents of the development were roundly defeated. All three of the city-council members up for reelection were thrown out of office-as was Mayor Heavens, a five-time incumbent who had served in the position since 2003. The Field of Dreams expansion, Heavens says, was "the issue of the election." His successor, Alvin Haas, the co-owner of a local construction and environmental-consulting firm, won't go quite that far, but he doesn't discount its significance. In a town uniquely defined by its ersatz baseball park, how could he? "We didn't campaign on it," he says, "but you know, in the back of their heads, people were thinking about it."Denise Stillman admits that the controversy has hampered fund-raising and planning efforts.

She's moving ahead anyway. The land belongs to her and her husband, after all: the city gave them license to build on it, and they're convinced the idea is still sound. Six fields will open for competition in 2015, she promises, with more to follow as soon as possible.Already, Stillman has made a number of incremental improvements to the field-rehabbing the big barn, upgrading the playing surface-and just about everyone in Dyersville would agree that these changes were necessary. She has screened movies and hosted Little League games, too, and has plans this June for a blowout weekend celebration to mark the 25th anniversary of the release of Field of Dreams. For select occasions, Denise has even convinced the Ghost Players to come back out of retirement-and the Iowa corn.This winter, not long after the controversial election, I drove out to see the Field of Dreams for myself. I started at the south end of Dyersville, near the old Ertl plant, a long, yellow factory where hundreds of residents manufactured farm toys for decades before the company moved its production facilities in the 1990s, first to Mexico and then to China. (The plant is now home to a Japanese toy distributor.) It seemed a fitting launch point: the decals that employees slapped on tiny tractors once gave Dyersville national recognition. I headed north on Highway 136 into the older part of town, passing two-story brick houses with expansive porches and tidy lawns.
]]> https://ameblo.jp/fiberisolator/entry-11801259411.html Fri, 21 Mar 2014 16:12:17 +0900 You're definitely going to see fashion-focused jerseys that continue to escalate over the years."My first spring training game was 50 years ago in Pompano, Fla., sitting with my father in wood bleachers watching the Washington Senators. I can't recall the opponent but do know the game was tied after nine innings, because the loudspeaker announced, "No charge for extra innings."How times have changed. Monday in Fort Myers a standing-room-only crowd of almost 10,000 watched the Red Sox beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 10-5. Fans munched on $14 plates of baby back ribs, sipped on $11 strawberry daiquiris, and watched Grady Sizemore take a giant stride to winning the center field job. He stroked three hits, scored three runs and made two nice catches, all you could ask of a leadoff hitter.

No wonder the 31-year-old Sizemore shooed a trainer back to the dugout after fouling a pitch off his foot Monday. He's waited too long and rehabbed too hard to let a contusion keep him from getting back in the box scores, where at one time his name appeared for 382 consecutive games.Nobody knows for certain who will make headlines in April, but with Jackie Bradley Jr. struggling, and Sizemore playing like the three-time All-Star he once was, it would seem he's the heir apparent to replace Jacoby Ellsbury. Another critical comparison: Sizemore has one strikeout in 21 at-bats this spring; Bradley has 10 in 37, including once against the Yankees on Tuesday with baserunners on second and third.With the exception of Roger Dean Stadium, where the hapless Florida Marlins play, every game I've seen this spring has been a sellout. Sometimes that's a bad word, but not in the sports arena, and it's not just the Red Sox and Yankees who are drawing big crowds. The Tigers have sold out nearly every game in Lakeland, as have the Pirates in Bradenton and the Phillies in Clearwater. Today, the Orioles host the Tampa Bay Rays at Ed Smith Stadium and the only thing available when I went to the box office yesterday were $8 standing-room tickets.At JetBlue Stadium Monday, Rick Gamelin and I were sitting in the last row of the grandstand behind the home-plate screen. ]]> https://ameblo.jp/fiberisolator/entry-11801248867.html Fri, 21 Mar 2014 15:35:49 +0900