Has anyone heard that they are using Diacetyl in e-liquids? This is the chemical responsible for popcorn lung disease.
Symptoms of Popcorn Lung Disease
Popcorn lung disease is a rare and irreversible illness that affects workers who breathe the vapor of butter flavoring, or Diacetyl. Although the formal name of the condition is bronchiolitis obliterans, the condition was named popcorn lung disease or popcorn workers lung because it is most commonly found in employees of microwave popcorn plants. This illness is frequently misdiagnosed by physicians as asthma, bronchitis, or emphysema. At our Missouri law firm, Humphrey, Farrington, & McLain, P.C., the attorneys are national leader bringing claims related to popcorn lung disease and other types of toxic exposure.
Taken from w.w.w. popcornlung. com /Practiceareas/Popcorn-Lung-Symptoms.asp (sorry can't link yet)
Glycerine
Description
Glycerine is a somewhat viscous clear oily liquid, with a sweet taste.
It is manufactured from petroleum, or from glycerides in fats, often as a by product in the production of soap.
Uses
Glycerine is hydrophilic (water loving), and is used to keep products such as dried fruits from getting
too dry, and to keep the liquid in soft fillings from escaping into crisp crusts, making them soggy. This emollient (moisturizing) effect also finds use in hand creams. It lowers the freezing point of water, and is used as an anti-freeze.
Glycerine is about ¾ as sweet as sugar, so it can reduce the need for sugar in products that require it for other reasons. In toothpaste it sweetens while keeping the paste from drying when the cap is left off.
Glycerine is used in many skin creams and medicines, such as eye and ear drops, poison ivy creams, suppositories, and contraceptive jellies.
Glycerine is used as an emollient (skin softener) in soaps. A familiar compound results when glycerine reacts with nitric acid in the presence of sulfuric acid as a drying agent.
Glyceryl trinitrate is used in medicines for its effects on blood flow. As a coronary vasodilator, it is used by heart patients.
Hope this information helps.
I guess everything should be taken moderately. Probably includes vaping.. though some vapes tastes so good you can suck on a PV all day just refilling the cart. (I do, because I use 0Nic, so to compensate I vape heavier than those who take nicotine).
Some people will use PV's to quit smoking, other's dont want to quit smoking but want the healthier alternative. I just hope the consequences aren't life threatening like regular cigs and tobacco products.. We'll soon find out in a few years time I guess.