NBC晚间新闻 电子烟爆炸致男子死亡（在线收听）

The videos viral, capturing the very real danger of E-cigarettes. Explosions and malfunctions leading to serious injuries, and tonight a Texas man's death. 24 year old William Eric Brown was sitting in his car when his ECIG exploded and cut a major artery in his neck, according to the medical examiner's report.

His death now the second in the U.S. blamed on ECIG while fatal ECIG incidents are rare, explosions are not. In two years US hospitals reported 2035 injuries from vaping. The problem center around lithium-ion batteries that power the devices, which the FDA says can overheat, especially if the wrong charger is used.

这段拍到电子烟的危险的视频正在网上疯传。电子烟的爆炸和故障导致人们严重的受伤，而且，今晚它导致一名男子的死亡。死者名为威廉·埃里克·布朗，今年24岁。他当时正坐在自己的车里，突然电子烟爆炸了，据法医报告显示，爆炸导致他脖子上一个大动脉破裂。布朗是美国第二例因电子烟致死的案例。虽然电子烟致死的情况比较罕见，但是电子烟出现爆炸的情况并不少。两年的时间，美国医院就报告了2035例因电子烟受伤的病例。问题集中在为电子烟供电的锂离子电池上，据美国食品及药物管理局说，锂离子电池有时会温度过热，尤其是使用了错误的充电器后会出现过热。