ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE THREAT

October 1, 2016

From: Allen James

Fall is here. School is back in session and the holidays are coming along with some vacations. Hopefully, all have been safe and will continue to be so for the rest of the year. If you need any last minute 2 year CPR & First Aid training in Spanish or English, let’s plan soon. We still have dates open for 2016, so call or email with any date requests or questions you may have.

Remember, we have quality instruction with a focus on orchestrating learning that includes a process on how to ”think” about an emergency and then providing a “tool box” of CPR and First Aid skills. This training prepares your employees to respond to both corporate and individual emergencies and enables them to prepare their families for natural disasters. What a wonderful benefit to pass onto your employees’ families.

Electronic Cigarette Threat

• Should not allow children to play with electronic cigarettes or similar devices. They contain batteries and liquid chemicals which, if swallowed, could cause serious health complications. Nicotine is a known poison. Bottles of e-juice, used in e-cigarettes, are a poison risk for small children and pets.
• Should store e-cigarettes and their highly toxic refills out of reach of children.
• Should be aware that electronic cigarettes and similar electronic nicotine delivery devices are available in a variety of flavors, such as bubble gum, strawberry, chocolate, mint, candy, cereal, and fruit flavors which may be attractive to children.
• Further, recent studies have indicated that the nicotine from e-cigarettes can have significant repercussions for children’s health. Information from the recently released 50th Anniversary Surgeon General report shows that nicotine in high enough doses is acutely toxic, and that exhaled e-cigarette vapor contains formaldehyde and acetaldehyde as well as traces of other carcinogens. There is also suggestive evidence that nicotine exposure during adolescence, when cognitive development is at a critical stage, may have lasting adverse consequences for brain development.
• Many e-cigarettes use Lithium batteries. The inherent characteristics of Lithium batteries can pose a risk of fire and explosion.

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