Doctors flag risk of e-cig refills for toddlers


Doctors issued a fresh warning that toddlers were at risk from e-cigarette nicotine refills, saying even a few drops could make a child very sick.

In a letter to the journal Archives of Disease in Childhood, physicians in Birmingham, central England, reported the case of a 30-month-old girl who had to be rushed to hospital after putting a refill cartridge to her mouth and starting to vomit.

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