Scotland man suffers severe burns after vape explodes in pocket

An e-cigarette exploded in a Scottish man's pocket while he was enjoying beer with his father at a pub.

Blayre Turnbull suffered three-degree burns after the vape in his pocket 'burst into flames'.

"The burns are so severe that they’ve scalded right through to my tendons," Blayre told Daily Record.

The acid released from the battery and vape liquid had to be cleaned from his wounds.

Vaping maybe less harmful than smoking but it's still not safe.

Regardless of being promoted as a smoke cessation tool, it only leads to addiction to nicotine. According to CDC, one must consider the use of other FDA-approved cessation tools than vapes/e-cigarettes.

“You’re exposing yourself to all kinds of chemicals that we don’t yet understand and that are probably not safe," says Michael Blaha, director of clinical research at the Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease.

Vaping can turn out to be as addictive as traditional smoking.

According to the 2021 National Youth Tobacco Survey, more than 2 million U.S. middle and high school students reported using e-cigarettes in 2021.

E-cigarettes were banned in India as they failed in their motive of reducing smoking habits in people and rather acted as an alternative. E-cigarettes in itself became a source of addiction, especially among teenagers. 

The government also stated that if vaping was legalised then it exposed the risk of initiating tobacco to non-smokers.