The New York Times,editorial: "As little as a teaspoon of liquid nicotine — the key ingredient in electronic cigarettes — can kill a small child and less than a tablespoon, at high concentrations, can kill an adult. Yet some vendors are offering to sell the lethal product over the Internet by the gallon or barrel, with little control over how it is handled, as reported by Matt Richtel in The Times. ... The Food and Drug Administration should limit the amount of liquid nicotine in any container sold to consumers, stop sales on the Internet, require childproof packaging and ban labels and flavorings that appeal to children."

Dennis Romero,LA Weekly: "Despite the Times' assertions about the drug's potentially fatal consequences, the data clearly show no epidemic. ... The year 2012 is the latest for which the American Association of Poison Control Centers has full data on e-liquid poisonings, overdoses and deaths. The total number of people who died from nicotine liquid in 2012? One."

New Haven Register,editorial: "It may be true ... that e-cigarettes can be used to help quit smoking. And certainly adults should be able to buy and use them. But just as cigarettes cannot be sold to youths under 18, e-cigarettes and liquid nicotine should be barred from sale to minors."

Robert Glatter,Forbes: "While the FDA has yet to regulate the e-cigarette industry in terms of marketing, distribution as well as limiting advertising, passage of such 'standard' regulations (without developing tamper resistant technology) will not prevent young children from ingesting this dangerous compound, unless parents as well as all adults become aware of the toxicity of liquid nicotine. The bottom line is that education and public awareness (are) necessary to reinforce the dangers of ingestion as well as skin exposure to liquid nicotine."

Andrew Couts,Digital Trends: "The problem here isn't inherent in, or unique to, e-liquid or e-cigarettes. The problem is — as is so often the case with avoidable accidents — ignorant, irresponsible people. ... Everyone — especially people with young children or pets — must keep their e-liquid and other e-cigarette supplies safely stowed away, just as you should keep cleaning products out of reach and guns locked away in a safe. Fail to do that, and you are creating an unnecessary risk."