Nicotine in E-Cigarettes a Deadly Poison!

Electronic cigarettes (E-cigarettes), promoted as a safe way to smoke, or stop smoking, are not without dangers. And recent studies show that they do not help to stop smoking!

The fuel of e-cigarettes, liquid nicotine enables the satisfaction of cravings without smoke; however, nicotine is a neurotoxin. Even a highly diluted teaspoonful of the stuff can kill a small child.

Calls to poison control centers for liquid nicotine tripled between 2012 and 2013 and are projected to double this year.

Most nicotine refills for e-cigarettes are diluted to about 2% strength, but online vendors offer it at 10% strength — a tablespoon of which "could kill an adult," according to a toxicologist.

The FDA has said it plans to regulate e-cigarettes, but it hasn't said how.

Read more in this New York Times Story (picture below from the article)