The number of young children sickened after getting their little hands on nicotine products like pouches and vape e-liquids has skyrocketed in recent years ... .
According to a study published in the medical journal Pediatrics, calls to poison control centers that involved children under the age of 6 with nicotine poisoning rose by over 760% between 2020 and 2023.
Most cases of nicotine poisoning that were examined in the study involved children under the age of 2 at home, according to the researchers ... While most types of nicotine exposures decreased after 2016, ...
The amount of kids who have gotten ill after ingesting nicotine pouches increased from 2010 to 2023, the study shows. The NationalPoisonDataSystem reported 134,663 cases of nicotine poisonings among children younger than age 6 during those years.