A faulty battery caused an electronic cigarette to explode in a Florida’s man’s mouth, taking out some of his front teeth and a chunk of his tongue and severely burning his face. Tom Holloway, 57, of Niceville, was trying to quit smoking so he was puffing on the device recently when it blew up, fire officials said. Officials have not publicly identified the victim. “The best analogy is like it was trying to hold a bottle rocket in your mouth when it went off,” said Joseph Parker, division chief for the North Bay Fire Department. “The battery flew out of the tube and set the closet on fire.”