@article{ref1,
title="Electronic cigarette explosion and burn injuries, US Emergency Departments 2015-2017",
journal="Tobacco control",
year="2019",
author="Rossheim, Matthew E. and Livingston, Melvin D. and Soule, Eric K. and Zeraye, Helen A. and Thombs, Dennis L.",
volume="28",
number="4",
pages="472-474",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) battery failure can result in explosions and burn injuries. Previous attempts to quantify these events has been limited to compilations of case studies, federal agency reports and media reports. Although e-cigarette explosions and burn injuries are thought to be rare, current surveillance methods likely underestimate actual occurrences. <br><br>METHODS: Analyses were conducted on cross-sectional data from the US Consumer Product Safety Commission's (CPSC) National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS). A keyword search of case narrative text was used to identify e-cigarette-related explosion and burn injuries presenting to US emergency departments from 2015 to 2017. Sampling weights were applied to make conservative national incidence estimates. <br><br>RESULTS: From 2015 to 2017, there were an estimated 2035 e-cigarette explosion and burn injuries presenting to US hospital emergency departments (95% CI 1107 to 2964). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: There are more e-cigarette explosion and burn injuries in the USA than estimated in the past reports. Improved surveillance of e-cigarette injuries and regulation of e-cigarette devices is urgently needed. NEISS could be a valuable resource for e-cigarette injury surveillance.<br><br>© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2018. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0964-4563",
doi="10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054518",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054518"
}