Teen vaping trend can get your child sick quick
A vaping trend called dripping is a quick way for your teenager to get sick in short order, a Phoenix-area doctor said.
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PHOENIX — A vaping trend called dripping is a quick way for your teenager to get sick, a Phoenix-area doctor said.
Dripping is when, instead of using the vape liquid properly, it is instead placed on the e-cigarette’s heating coil.
Dr. Frank Lovecchio, with Banner Health, said the resulting vapor is equivalent to inhaling the same amount of nicotine as an entire cigarette in one breath. It can result in your teenager getting very sick, very quickly.
“You could have a seizure, nausea, and vomiting,” he said. “And, most commonly, when [a nicotine overdose] does kill you, it’s very, very quick.”
Lovecchio also said dripping can lead to long-term addiction as well.
“The more nicotine you abuse, the more likely you are to get sick from it and the more likely you are to get addicted to it,” he said.
Lovecchio said parents should talk to their kids about vaping, what it is and how dangerous dripping can be.
He recommended keeping liquid nicotine away from children if parents use e-cigarettes.
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@disqus_t9c6vs5Lis You are exactly right. Dave rolls that way and he always will. Had to laugh at your reply for a bit!
All of your comments are irrelevant Dave. Please stop. Educate yourself before you keep posting irrelevant comments about vaping and smoking when you know nothing about it.
Excuse me buddy nicotine doesn't cause lung cancer it doesn't cause bleeding gums or anything else for that matter! It is the burning of tobacco and the chemicals released from the combustion that causes all those Things!
That's why vaping is 95% safer than smoking because you don't burn tobacco. Your vaporizing a liquid that doesn't have 4000 other chemicals in it
By the way nicotine is naturally found in the body. It's also in many fruits and vegetables including tomatoes and eggplant . Nicotine in small doses is totally harmless according to the FDA.