Electronic cigarette explodes in man's face, blows out his teeth, part of tongue
Posted: 02/15/2012
A man in the Florida Panhandle community of Niceville lost all of his teeth, part of his tongue and suffered facial cuts when the electronic cigarette he was smoking exploded, WEAR-Ch. 3 television reported.
Photographer, Vietnam veteran and father of three Tom Holloway was being treated at a burn center, the station reported.
A neighbor told WEAR that Holloway had quit smoking traditional cigarettes because of his health and had taken up so-called electronic cigarettes about two years ago.
Fire officials theorize that the cigarette's battery somehow ignited and it was essentially as if Holloway was "holding a bottle rocket in his mouth," the station reported.
Authorities don't know what model cigarette it was.
The full WEAR report can be accessed at http:// www.weartv.com .
The Associated Press contributed to this report
Copyright 2012 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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