@article{ref1,
title="Extensive burn injury caused by fundamental electronic cigarette design flaw",
journal="Annals of burns and fire disasters",
year="2016",
author="Bohr, S. and Almarzouqi, F. and Pallua, N.",
volume="29",
number="3",
pages="231-233",
abstract="Currently, electronic cigarette (EC) devices are widely used as an alternative to conventional smoking. The underlying technical principle is an electric coil-based vaporizer unit, which vaporizes various solutions for inhalation purposes with a rechargeable lithium battery unit as power source. We report a case of extensive burn injury resulting from the thermal explosion of a battery unit within an EC device. Though internal thermal instabilities of lithium ion batteries are a known safety issue, the unique feature here is a pronounced amplification of the extent of burn injury due to an additional scalding burn mechanism that resulted from heating of the liquid reservoir adjacent to the battery. Thus, we demonstrate a relevant design flaw in various EC devices, which in the authors' opinion needs to be addressed both by manufacturers and safety regulations.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1592-9558",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}