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Child dies from ingesting e-cigarette cartridge contents

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The liquid nicotine solution, packaged in a separate cartridge, can be consumed by a child, and lead to nicotine poisoning. Read a Times of Israel news article from May 29, 2013, where it was reported that a child died of nicotine poisoning after swallowing her grandfather’s e-cigarette nicotine liquid from the cartridge.

Read more about e-cigarette concerns in GASP’s white paper.