<p>The fast spreading e-cigarettes are undoing the anti-smoking efforts of the last three decades, health experts warn.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Also, the number of people being poisoned by e-cigarettes in the US has gone up manifold in the last few years, according to official reports.<br /><br />The number of calls to poison centres in the US relating to e-cigarettes has risen from one per month in September 2010 to 215 per month in February 2014.<br /><br />The figures, from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), also show the number of calls per month relating to conventional cigarettes did not increase in the same way.<br /><br />The CDC statistics show that more than half of the calls relate to children under the age of five.<br /><br />Poisoning related to e-cigarettes involves the liquid containing nicotine used in the devices."This report raises another red flag about e-cigarettes -- the liquid nicotine used in e-cigarettes can be hazardous," CDC director Tom Frieden said in a statement.E-cigarette liquids come in candy and fruit flavours that are appealing to children.<br /><br />"The most recent National Youth Tobacco Survey showed e-cigarette use is growing fast, and now this report shows e-cigarette related poisonings are also increasing rapidly," Tim McAfee, director of CDC's office on smoking and health, was quoted as saying.<br /><br />The study comes close on the heels of news that the Welsh government might include e-cigarettes under the smoking ban.</p>
<p>The fast spreading e-cigarettes are undoing the anti-smoking efforts of the last three decades, health experts warn.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Also, the number of people being poisoned by e-cigarettes in the US has gone up manifold in the last few years, according to official reports.<br /><br />The number of calls to poison centres in the US relating to e-cigarettes has risen from one per month in September 2010 to 215 per month in February 2014.<br /><br />The figures, from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), also show the number of calls per month relating to conventional cigarettes did not increase in the same way.<br /><br />The CDC statistics show that more than half of the calls relate to children under the age of five.<br /><br />Poisoning related to e-cigarettes involves the liquid containing nicotine used in the devices."This report raises another red flag about e-cigarettes -- the liquid nicotine used in e-cigarettes can be hazardous," CDC director Tom Frieden said in a statement.E-cigarette liquids come in candy and fruit flavours that are appealing to children.<br /><br />"The most recent National Youth Tobacco Survey showed e-cigarette use is growing fast, and now this report shows e-cigarette related poisonings are also increasing rapidly," Tim McAfee, director of CDC's office on smoking and health, was quoted as saying.<br /><br />The study comes close on the heels of news that the Welsh government might include e-cigarettes under the smoking ban.</p>