2023-06-25 12:22:19
A Sky News investigation revealed that a number of boys and girls of primary school age had become “severely ill” from e-cigarettes.
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Figures from the English Health Agency show there were 15 cases of children aged nine or under being admitted to hospital in the first four months of this year.
Professor Andy Bush, a pediatric chest physician at the Royal Brompton Hospital in west London, says the figures are “terrifying”.
He explained that “young children are exposed to addictive and toxic substances, some of which are unknown what they contain.”
And he listed the dangers of e-cigarettes, saying:
Severe use of e-cigarettes can put them in the hospital,
might put them in intensive care,
It causes lung hemorrhage, collapsed lung,
air leakage,
And the lungs are filled with fat
On the other hand, doctors in Britain warned that electronic smoking is “rapidly turning into an epidemic among children,” as they called on the government to ban single-use electronic cigarettes.
The British Royal College of Paediatrics warned that it is “not a risk-free product and can be as addictive, if not more addictive than conventional cigarettes”.
In May, data from Action on Smoking and Health showed there had been a 50 per cent rise in the proportion of children trying vaping in Britain in the past year.
Source: Constitution
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