- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Title:
- Nicotine poisoning from e-cigarettes in Georgia: (January 1, 2011 to April 15, 2016)
- Creator:
- Georgia. Department of Public Health
- Contributor to Resource:
- Georgia. Department of Public Health
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia. Department of Public Health
- Date of Original:
- 2016-08
- Subject:
- Electronic cigarettes--Toxicology--Georgia
Tobacco--Toxicology--Georgia
Nicotine--Toxicology--Georgia
Accidental poisoning in children--Georgia
Pediatric toxicology--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- data (information)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- This publication contains statistics on reported cases of nicotine poisonings from e-cigarettes in Georgia during January 2011 to April 2016.
- External Identifiers:
- OCLC 1026493407
NZ MMS ID 9914972327202931
Call Number P780 .M1 2016 N53 - Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_s-ga-bp780-b-pm1-b2016-bn53-belec-p-btext
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_s-ga-bp780-b-pm1-b2016-bn53-belec-p-btext
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
-
The Georgia Department of Public Health
Nicotine Poisoning from E-Cigarettes in Georgia
(January 1, 2011 to April 15, 2016)
There were a total of 221 calls made to the Georgia Poison Center about nicotine poisonings from e-cigarettes during January 2011 to April 2016.
There were slightly higher numbers of nicotine poisoning exposures from e-cigarettes among males than females (males 111; females 104).
There was a similar number of nicotine poisoning calls due to e-cigarettes in 2014 (86) as in 2015 (83).
Since 2011, the number of calls about nicotine poisoning from e-cigarettes in Georgia sharply increased between 2013 and 2014 and then leveled off between 2014 and 2015 (Figure 1).
Among the 221 calls, routes of nicotine poisoning from e-cigarettes were: ingestion (n =156), dermal (n=29), inhalation/nasal (n=21), and ocular (n=13).
The majority (62%; n=138) of e-cigarette nicotine exposures occurred among children aged 0-5 years; 32% (n=71) occurred among adults aged 19 years and older.
The most common routes of exposure for ecigarette nicotine poisoning among children aged 0-5 years were: ingestion of the nicotine liquid (n=119), followed by dermal (n=17) and inhalation/nasal (n=2).
The most common route of exposure for ecigarette nicotine poisoning among adults aged 19 years and older were: ingestion (n=31), followed by inhalation/nasal (n=14), ocular (n=13), and dermal (n=12).
The LaGrange Health District (4-0) had the highest number of calls (n=32) about nicotine poisoning from e-cigarettes (Map 1).
Figure 1. Number of Nicotine Poisonings from E-cigarettes by Year, Georgia, 2011-2015
Data Source: Georgia Poison Center (GPC)
Map 1. Number of Nicotine Poisonings from E-Cigarettes, by Public Health District, Georgia, January 1, 2011 to April 15, 2016
Data Source: Georgia Poison Center (GPC)
1-1.Northwest (Rome) (n=12) 1-2 North Georgia (Dalton) (n=19) 2 North (Gainesville) (n=11) 3-1 Cobb/Douglas (n=12) 3-2 Fulton (n=11) 3-3 Clayton (Morrow) (n=1) 3-4 East Metro (Lawrenceville) (n=11) 3-5 DeKalb (n=10) 4 LaGrange (n=32) 5-1 South Central (Dublin) (n=0) 5-2 North Central (Macon) (n=11) 6 East Central (Augusta) (n=10) 7 West Central (Columbus) (n=10) 8-1 South (Valdosta) (n=9) 8-2 Southwest (Albany) (n=14) 9-1 Coastal (Savannah) (n=11) 9-2 Southeast (Waycross) (n=15) 10 Northeast (Athens) (n=7)
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