Marine Safety Center prohibits vaping on ships and aircraft

The Navy prohibits all types of electronic cigarettes and devices for vaping on Board its fleet of ships and boats after a series of incidents involving explosions of the overheated battery that led to physical injuries of sailors. The injury occurred during use of devices, charging or replacing batteries, as well as during their contact with metal surfaces, according to the press service of the Ministry. This prohibition extends to Sailors, Marines, naval command and any civilian personnel and their guests on Board.

Statistics that caused

Naval Safety Center informed at least 20 cases for less than 2 years in the period 2015-2016. This led to the sailors, burns first and second degrees, as well as facial injuries from explosions of batteries inside electronic cigarettes. The U.S. Department of Transportation imposed a ban on laboratory on Board last year, and this was done consciously to prevent the desired effects of the fumes of the aerosol vapors.

Weather conditions can also cause fire battery devices for vaping. For this, pay attention to the weather forecasts. Heavy frost and extreme heat can damage lithium-ion battery, which in turn will lead to insecurity in later use bossmode or in the charger. This will not only increase the risk of explosion but can also lead to fire.

The decision to restrict to "hovering" among the crew of the air ships accepted

"Naval ban" on the guy expects to be in effect until the investigative team completes investigations of incidents and put an end to the true causes of the explosions of the batteries. Sailors who prefer vaping will be required to remove the accum with e-cigarettes and store them in separate, isolated from environmental factors, special plastic containers. Soaring such gadgets will be allowed to crew and passengers only on the land bases of the coastal zone in designated Smoking areas.

In addition, FDA (management on sanitary inspection behind quality of foodstuff and medicines) encourages all who are not indifferent to this problem, to inform about incidents through anonymous online hotline official website of the state enterprises. There is also a special group in the Department of Health, which studies the problem of the danger of batteries in gadgets that are known to broad mass of people, the term "electronic device for delivery of nicotine".

Marine Safety Center says, that previously to the period of autumn 2015 was not aware of this issue. But in October of the same year, there was a message from the fleet that the popularity of these devices among civilian and military rapidly increased. The numbers speak for themselves, according to a study by the FDA, from 2011 to 2015 the use of e-cigarettes increased from 1.5% to 16% among students.

The first ship in the world, which officially limited vaping on Board

In 2014, the nuclear aircraft carrier USS George Washington became the first in the history of the ship, which officially limited their crew to using electronic devices for vaping. Was allocated a special area for supporters of the "affliction couples" apart from traditional smokers.

Some people use the atomizer for the purposes of the transitional stage on the way to complete failure of not only tobacco Smoking but also of nicotine. Moreover, according to the Center for Control and Prevention of diseases of United States, among the adult segment of the population by vapers steel in 2015 almost 60% in past smokers.

The real dangers of vaping does not exist

Starting from independent studies "Management on Sanitary inspection behind Quality of foodstuff and Medicines" of the United States, it is important to note that despite the well-known negative facts of using e-cigarettes, in particular we are talking about egregious incidents of injuries and burns, as described in the article above, these cases and their publicity in the media means nothing more than a huge EXAGGERATION of the truth.

The truth is that if you follow the simple rules of home safety namely, in terms of charging, prevention and the use of high-quality, original gadgets and materials, vaping products are not can pose a greater threat than any other electronic device for lithium-ion batteries. Follow the recommendations on supplies for "digital cigarette" specified in the manufacturer's instructions.

And in no cases do NOT mix in Boxing fashion batteries of different brands, different degrees of charge, the old and the new in a bundle together.