However, Yvilla's link DOES show that it's used in nasal spray, which is inhaled, correct?
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Inhaled, but not taken into the lungs. There's also the difference that the PG isn't heated until vaporization.
I'm not sure if it's safe. I'm a biologist, my father's a (liberally thinking) lung doctor/professor of med, Mom designs & runs drug trials. Sister is crazy hypochondriac.
Is Vaping safer?- almost certainly so.
Will we possibly be confronting unforeseen complications in 5-10-20yrs? Quite possibly.
I had almost weaned myself from tobacco to e-cigs, when a family tragedy left me unable to do much but sit in bed and cry. I went back to cigs because they were convenient. I'm back to about 50/50% again and plan on being back on the Vape within a week or two.
It made a believer of both of my parents. Dad has seen every gimmick & nicotine delivery device come and go- and he was impressed with my ability to quickly convert over, as well as the _relative_ safety of the e-cig over tobacco.
That being said- I can think of a number of sources of probs in rubberstamping e-cigs as safe. There could be funky impurities in the atty's that get vaporized and carried in, unforeseen problems with the heating the PG/VG, as well as the flavorings, some of which can be very complex chemically, and any time you add heat, weird things start to happen.
Last time I was in the nebulizer suite at Dads office, I checked the two most used neb fluids; albuterol & ipatropium. Neither had PG. There are other meds delivered via nebulizer, but those were the two they had big boxes of sitting out, and I was in a hurry.
So, I know I'm kinda playing devils advocate here. Don't get me wrong, I'm a true believer in vaping. No sidestream smoke, which is turning out to be much worse than we initially thought. Ideally, no inhaling of _burnt_ material (although lately I've had some weird attys that are doing weird things). The obvious list of "pro's" could take me hrs to type out, while the "cons" are far fewer than tobacco smoking.
At the very least it falls safely into the "harm reduction" category, but most likely goes much further than that. I just don't want people to get the idea that this is a perfectly safe tech, just because theres PG in oral meds, or nasal inhalers, etc. There's no comparison with that, and heating the stuff up and inhaling it, covering the massive surface area of the lungs, and of the very sensitive and delicate alveoli.
So there are no flames from confusion, again:
smoking cigs- BAD
Vaping- infinitely less bad, with potential unknown future ramifications.
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