Electronic smokes -- or e-cigarettes -- mimic the action of smoking, however they do not burn tobacco. Employing an e-cigarette is occasionally known as'vaping'.
Liquid to be used within an e-cigarette is known as e-liquid but can also be called e-juice or vape juice.
E-liquids may include nicotine, in addition to propylene glycol, vegetable glycerine or glycerol, other compounds (such as those used to make tastes ) and, in some instances, water.
E-liquid goods might not be tagged properly or correctly, or packed safely.
There isn't any certainty that an e-liquid labelled'non-nicotine' does not include nicotine. It could also not be possible to understand what other substances are inside the e-liquid.
The entire health effects of inhaling vapor out of e-liquids utilised in e-cigarettes aren't yet known.
Possible dangers of e-cigarettes contain:
Ingestion (swallowing) of e-liquid -- that may result in poisoning and even death when consumed by kids injury from inhaling e-liquid compounds as vapour -- the health consequences of inhaling the several substances used in e-cigarette fluids might not be known. By way of instance, flavouring could be safe to be used in food, but not if they're inhaled inhalation of particulate matter made by e-cigarettes --
Particulate matter emitted by e-cigarettes may be harmful to people who inhale it, in the same way passive smoking is damaging to people who talk about a contained space with regular smokers. Inhaling particulate matter may result in asthma attacks and heart disease
inaccurate labelling --
e-liquids might not be tagged properly or packed safely. E-liquids tagged as'nicotine-free' may contain nicotine
harmful packaging --
e-liquids might not be packaged securely. E-liquids stored in glass or plastic containers or bottles are easily opened by children. E-liquids can also spill or escape from their jar or container.
Maintain it where children can't watch it or hit it
whenever you're not using it, lock it away
don't even use or discard your e-cigarette facing kids.
Things to do when e-liquid is swallowed
If they're quite unwell, have dropped, ceased breathing, are matching or using an anaphylactic response, ring triple zero (000) for an ambulance.
Adults in Victoria can legally purchase and use e-liquids which don't contain nicotine.
In Victoria -- as from another nation and territories of Australia -- it is usually prohibited to sell, possess or utilize e-liquids containing smoking.
The exception is where liquid smoking was prescribed by a health practitioner that has established a therapeutic demand for a specific patient. In such scenarios, the liquid smoking can subsequently be provided by a compounding pharmacy, or even a restricted source can be imported via the Therapeutic Goods Administration private importation scheme.
Underneath the Victorian Tobacco Act 1987, it's illegal to sell or provide an e-cigarette or an e-liquid to be used in an electronic cigarette into an individual under 18 decades old.