The number of young children sickened after getting their little hands on nicotine products like pouches and vape e-liquids has skyrocketed in recent years.
From 2010 through 2023, U.S. poison centers reported 134,663 cases of nicotine poisonings among kids under age 6, according to a study published Monday in Pediatrics, a journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Nearly all occurred at home.
The cases included exposures to nicotine pouches, chewing tobacco, regular cigarettes, vapes and nicotine replacement products like gum and lozenges.
Benzin - like petrol? Yes, I don’t know anyone who leaves petrol lying around for kids to play with. I keep any spare petrol I have outside the home in a garage out of reach of my children because that’s sensible. I do the same with medication and unsafe cleaning products. This is parenting 101.