Profile of incidental exposures to e-cigarette liquids in Europe, 2018-2019.
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Child
Child, Preschool
Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems
/ statistics & numerical data
Europe
/ epidemiology
Female
Forecasting
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Middle Aged
Nicotine
/ toxicity
Poison Control Centers
/ statistics & numerical data
Vaping
/ epidemiology
Young Adult
Europe
Poisoning
e-cigarettes
e-liquid
poison centers
Journal
Human & experimental toxicology
ISSN: 1477-0903
Titre abrégé: Hum Exp Toxicol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9004560
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2021
Jun 2021
Historique:
pubmed:
5
12
2020
medline:
16
11
2021
entrez:
4
12
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Following the implementation of the European Union Tobacco Product Directive (EU TPD) regulations on e-cigarette products in 2016, we assessed the current profile of e-cigarette liquid exposure incidents and their associated health outcomes. De-identified data were received from poison centers in eight EU Member States (Sweden, the Netherlands, Italy, Hungary Austria, Finland, Spain and Croatia) reporting on e-cigarette liquid exposure incidents between August 2018 to December 2019. Descriptive analysis was conducted to present incident characteristics and health outcomes. Chi-square tests and multivariable logistic regression analysis were used to test associations. Of the 223 e-liquid exposure incidents recorded by poison centers in multiple EU MS, 64.7% of the cases were unintentional exposures, ranging from 48.4% among adults aged ≥19 years to 100.0% among children aged 0-5 years (p < 0.05). The most frequent route of exposure was ingestion (73.5%) while55.2% experienced any clinical symptoms, including nausea (16.6%), vomiting (11.1%), and dizziness (9.0%). 57.8% of the cases were treated at the residence or on-site. Further monitoring is warranted, using uniform reporting requirements, to ensure the continued compliance to the EU TPD and assess its long-term impact on related incident characteristics.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Following the implementation of the European Union Tobacco Product Directive (EU TPD) regulations on e-cigarette products in 2016, we assessed the current profile of e-cigarette liquid exposure incidents and their associated health outcomes.
METHODS
METHODS
De-identified data were received from poison centers in eight EU Member States (Sweden, the Netherlands, Italy, Hungary Austria, Finland, Spain and Croatia) reporting on e-cigarette liquid exposure incidents between August 2018 to December 2019. Descriptive analysis was conducted to present incident characteristics and health outcomes. Chi-square tests and multivariable logistic regression analysis were used to test associations.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Of the 223 e-liquid exposure incidents recorded by poison centers in multiple EU MS, 64.7% of the cases were unintentional exposures, ranging from 48.4% among adults aged ≥19 years to 100.0% among children aged 0-5 years (p < 0.05). The most frequent route of exposure was ingestion (73.5%) while55.2% experienced any clinical symptoms, including nausea (16.6%), vomiting (11.1%), and dizziness (9.0%). 57.8% of the cases were treated at the residence or on-site.
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
Further monitoring is warranted, using uniform reporting requirements, to ensure the continued compliance to the EU TPD and assess its long-term impact on related incident characteristics.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33272061
doi: 10.1177/0960327120975828
doi:
Substances chimiques
Nicotine
6M3C89ZY6R
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM