Vaping Myth: Inhaling anything other than fresh air is bad

[DC2]

It is pretty common to hear people say that our lungs were not meant to inhale anything but fresh air.
This is actually not even remotely true.

Or lungs are meant to do two things, which they do very well...
--Absorb the oxygen in the air we breathe
--Filter out the other stuff in the air we breathe

You lungs were not only made to inhale things other than fresh air, they were designed specifically to do so.

The REAL question is whether or not you are inhaling things that your lungs can not properly handle.

I'm not saying we either are, or are not doing that when we are vaping...
But the short terms results seem to be that our lungs are handling it just fine for the most part.

And if our lungs can handle it fine, there is no reason to say there is anything inherently wrong with inhaling it just because it isn't fresh air.

 

[Ainokea]

"Inhaling anything other than fresh air is bad"

Try telling that to Asthma patients

 

[degnr8]

Dude, most of the american population lives in or near a city. Very few of us have ever breathed fresh air.

 

[WillyZee]

all I know for sure is ... after 34 days of vaping ... my lungs feel better without inhaling tobacco

 

[alisa1970]

Good points. In utero, fetuses "breathe" the amniotic fluid, so there's another example. Oh, and what about deep water SCUBA? They breathe an oxygenated liquid.

Granted, breathing particulate matter can't be "good" for you, but neither is eating processed food. It's a matter of how much your body can filter, and how much stress it puts on your system as to how unhealthy it is.

I'm inclined to agree with you here.

 

[JulesXsmokr]

I really enjoy a pure vape !!
I live near the shore in s.e. Florida.. I can come close to pure nirvana with my dripper by the shore and an Easterly breeze...

 

[EddardinWinter]

An excellent point, DC. But we have come to expect no less from you....

 

[FlamingoTutu]

My ancestors spent thousands and thousands and thousands of years sitting around the old campfire breathing in the fumes and still were able to breed like rats. Not all that gunk was good for them but they still evolved.

 

[Recycled Roadkill]

Deeply inhaling that special air after a nice rain, fresh brewed coffee, various foods cooking, dog breath, (not entirely avoidable if you love your dogs). The list of what we inhale with every breath is endless! Vaping is just another one of the pleasures. My anyway.

 

[damthisisfun]

Fresh air?? Is there any left on this planet?

 

[EvilZoe]

Deeply inhaling that special air after a nice rain, fresh brewed coffee, various foods cooking, dog breath, (not entirely avoidable if you love your dogs). The list of what we inhale with every breath is endless! Vaping is just another one of the pleasures. My anyway.

I find not inhaling becomes pretty unpleasurable after a time....lol

 

[Topwater Elvis]

I'll stick to ' inhaling anything but air comes with risks.'

 

[meanckz]

I find not inhaling becomes pretty unpleasurable after a time....lol

even deadly

 

[Silent Scream]

If my lungs could speak they'd say 'can I inhale a lot more of that excellent brandy vape you've got on the go please'.

 

[Mark Anthony]

Dude, most of the american population lives in or near a city. Very few of us have ever breathed fresh air.

True that.....

 

[Anjaffm]

Great point, DC2!

"fresh air" indeed... yeah, it would be nice to live in the mountains or in a forest - but, alas, most of us have to work (me included).
Hm.. and even living in those lovely areas with wonderful, sweet-smelling fresh air, we would still have to cook food... on a wood-burning stove, probably.. and enter the stable of our chickens / goats / cow ... and there goes that illusion

 

[Uma]

Great point, DC2!

"fresh air" indeed... yeah, it would be nice to live in the mountains or in a forest - but, alas, most of us have to work (me included).
Hm.. and even living in those lovely areas with wonderful, sweet-smelling fresh air, we would still have to cook food... on a wood-burning stove, probably.. and enter the stable of our chickens / goats / cow ... and there goes that illusion

you been to my place I see. . It's true, that while the air isn't all smog hazy, it certainly is hazy with pollen, dust, dander, ...something always floating by. But at least it smells better .... Til that cow walks by...

 

[WarHawk-AVG]

all I know for sure is ... after 34 days of vaping ... my lungs feel better without inhaling Tobacco

Biggest reason is because http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/general-e-liquid-discussion/465485-its-not-nicotine.html

 

[Racehorse]

what about deep water SCUBA? They breathe an oxygenated liquid.

2 family members are deep sea commercial divers, very different from SCUBA done on a recreational basis (who are not at high risk for things like lung oxygen toxicity, etc.)

As a result of these employments we are fully informed by medical specialists who only deal with deep divers and those who breathe exotic gasses. I can tell you that breathing mixed gasses, over time, have many serious side affects, but also that the physiological effects of deep diving are still largely unknown.

Just as the physiologicial effects of breathing/inhaling food flavorings made for injestion are also largely unknown.


DC2, if you were posting as musing, and just opinion, I could give a "like" but unless you are able to support such claims with a medical background as a pulomonology specialist, and/or an advanced chemist's degree, it is just conjecture.

It may be comforting conjecture, but it's still conjecture nevertheless.

As I have shared, I am doing my vaping journey under the full care of my doctor, and i have baseline lung xrays, indepth blood profiles, ect that were taken before I started vaping. I DO however believe that unless you have certain underlying medical conditions, that nicotine is not at all harmful. I have enough M.D. treaters at this point in my life to believe this, based on medical data. So I agree with WarHawk on this.

However, the jury is still out on breathing flavorings, as well as things like some of the metals and silica and stuff that we vaporize the eliquid on. Nobody knows yet. And there are some small molecule stuff in certain flavors that is worrisome even to some of those with chemistry backgrounds right on ECF.

for now, I believe the best way to define vaping is how it is defined now: HARM REDUCTION.

To take it further than that, without at least a decade of real study, is not something I feel comfortable with.

 

[klynnn]

Well with all the pg in vapor I'm spreading around here I don't have to worry about any microbes getting to me. No wonder I haven't been sick in almost 2 years.