This is what happens when an e-cigarette malfunctions...
http://www.buzzfeed.com/ishmaeldaro/e-cigarette-explosion-alberta#.rq3va1VJqA 16-year-old from Lethbridge, Alberta, suffered horrific burns and lost some teeth after an e-cigarette exploded in his face.
Ty Greer was vaping in the car when the device exploded, according to the Lethbridge Herald.
He had first- and-second degree burns to his face, as well as injuries to his lips, tongue and throat. The force of the explosion also shattered two of his teeth.
“There was a two-foot by two-foot of flame,” Greer’s father Perry told the newspaper.
“Part of his tooth went into his tongue when it broke off,” he said.
Greer was using a Wotofo Phantom, which sells for about $55 in Canada. Selling e-cigarettes to minors is banned in much of Canada, but not in Saskatchewan, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Alberta, The Canadian Press reports.
Mechanical mod e-cigarettes, like the Phantom, are sometimes advertised as being for “advanced users” only and carry a warning that improper use “can result in serious damage to the products and potential injuries to the user.”
E-cigarette explosions are rare but can cause tremendous damage.
Last year, a 29-year-old man in Florida was hospitalized after his e-cigarette exploded in his mouth, shattering his teeth and breaking his neck as a result. Another man in California suffered burns to his mouth and had part of his index finger amputated after an explosion.
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We don't know if the device itself was even the problem. I grant that it is possible that it may not have been vented right.
It could very well have been the battery itself that was the problem. Being a person who has been using this exact format of battery (18650) daily for over 2 years, same as the device in the OP uses, I feel I might have some useful insight which others who have no experience buying/using them can not have.
First, we don't know if he was using a decent brand battery, like a Panasonic, or a cheap off brand. We also don't know whether it was a counterfeit brand name - counterfeiting in 18650 batteries is common, and dangerous.
Second, and equally important, we don't know what he was using for a charger. Was he using a decent quality charger? It actually does matter.
Third, we don't know if he was using the correct battery type within the format. Was it a completely unprotected battery? We don't know.
All those things matter greatly where the 18650 battery format is concerned.
Furthermore, this happened in Canada, so it applies to the US not at all, as far as "selling to kids". Theres a metric shit-ton of unknowns here, and you're jumping to conclusions. The moral panicing is trying very hard to get out, I see. Here, let me help you keep it contained:
Of course they do...
Yeah, I only live it. Clearly I know less about it than people whos information is purely second hand and subject to politics.
Rabbit hole.
This is complete nonsense.
Theres a huge difference between nicotine addiction via cigarette, and nicotine addiction from vape. Huge difference. By his own words, mister director makes clear that its a difference he knows nothing about, just like you.
who study it.
Go smash your hand with a hammer, and I'll say the same thing about your painful hand, then we can ALL have a good laugh after I ask which peer reviewed study that studies deliberate hammer blows to the hand you're basing your allegation of pain on.
If one makes up their mind, as you have, that that's all there is there, I guess.
Yes. Nevermind that it isn't just me I'm talking about. Never mind that this is pretty much universally agreed upon by folks who have successfully made the change.
It didn't happen unless there is someone in a position of authority that says so.
Nope, I'm fine. I just have little tolerance for extremists that claim they aren't (not referring to you), and people that need some authority to tell them whether they're less or more addicted, and suppose everyone else does too.
Speedy recovery, kid.
Ps...Quit smoking altogether.
