Table 5:

Symptoms and care trajectories for the 49 exposures in children aged 4 years or less for which the nicotine concentration was available or could be estimated, by nicotine concentration of the product ingested

VariableNicotine concentration, mg/mL; no. (%) of children*
0.1–5
n = 7
6–17
n = 30
18–23
n = 11
≥ 24
n = 1
Symptoms
 Present0 (0)1 (3)3 (27)0 (0)
 Absent7 (100)22 (73)5 (45)0 (0)
 Not recorded0 (0)7 (23)3 (27)1 (100)
Care trajectory
 Managed outside health care facility3 (43)19 (63)7 (64)1 (100)
 Seen at health care facility3 (43)8 (27)3 (27)0 (0)
 Admitted0 (0)0 (0)1 (9)0 (0)
 Lost to follow-up1 (14)3 (10)0 (0)0 (0)
  • * Three children who ingested electronic cigarette products were admitted to hospital, but no product nicotine concentration was recorded.

  • Cochran–Armitage test for trend = 7.73, 2 degrees of freedom, p = 0.02.

  • Cochran–Armitage test for trend = 5.36, 6 degrees of freedom, p = 0.5.