[E-cigarettes may induce epilepsy] According to Taiwan’s United News Network, on April 3, local time, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) stated that health officials are investigating whether e-cigarettes may induce epilepsy in some users. However, the agency emphasized that it is still unclear whether e-cigarettes are responsible for this.

According to the report, FDAI is studying 35 cases of epileptic seizures among e-cigarette users, mostly young people. The FDA stated that they have concerns about this and encourage people to use the website to report related issues.

Related cases can be traced back to 2010, when the FDA Poison Control Center received relevant notifications from across the United States. Regulators stated that they have found that the number of seizures among e-cigarette users has increased since mid-2018, but it only accounts for a very small percentage of e-cigarette users.

According to reports, most e-cigarettes heat the flavored nicotine solution into inhalable vapor. Nicotine poisoning can cause seizures, convulsions, vomiting, and brain injury. The FDA has warned that if babies and young children accidentally swallow nicotine solutions, it may cause fatal nicotine poisoning.

Epilepsy usually lasts for a few seconds or minutes and rarely leaves long-term damage, but this is a sign of a neurological disorder and requires medical attention.

Animal experiments have found that nicotine is related to excessive brain excitement. Göniowitz, a toxicologist at the New York State Cancer Institute, said that it is currently necessary to further understand which types of e-cigarettes may release nicotine concentrations that are sufficient to cause seizures.

American Electronic Cigarette Association spokesperson Kang Li believes that the relationship between e-cigarettes and a small number of cases of epilepsy is unknown, and the FDA's statement is quite irresponsible. He said: "If millions of adult consumers of e-cigarettes have not reported any epilepsy in the past ten years, this is highly abnormal."

This is not the first time the FDA has proposed the health risks of e-cigarettes. Previously, the FDA generally warned that e-cigarette batteries would be overheated, which may cause rare burns and explosions.

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