In your opinion, is Vaping considered Smoking?

[ScottP]

My main point was that eCigs do NOT produce Water Vapor, but instead produce glycol vapor. I guess I should have said that while I agree e-Cigs do not produce "smoke" I do NOT agree that it is just "water vapor"...it is not H2O and thus is not water anything.

But since you guys want to split hairs I decided to hit up Dictionary.com and look up both words:

smoke
[smohk] noun, verb: smoked, smok·ing.
noun
1.
the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.
2.
something resembling this, as vapor or mist, flying particles, etc.

va·por
[vey-per]
noun
1.
a visible exhalation, as fog, mist, steam, smoke, or noxious gas, diffused through or suspended in the air: the vapors rising from the bogs.

Both words use each other in their respective definitions. In addition to this, actual water vapor coming from a car's tail pipe caused by busted freeze plugs, or heads is also often called smoke even though it is in fact water vapor/steam. I think often times people use these words at times when the other one would be more accurate, even though there are times that both could apply.

 

[RVMOSS]

Smoke free, odor free, nicotine is the only thing going in not the crack nicotine in analogs or the 4,000 evil things in cigs. So absolutely not! keep it up and congratulations!

 

[sonicdsl]

This is easy. vaping is not smoking because there is no smoke, since nothing is combusted. It's simply vapor created by atomizing glycerol/nicotine fluids, mixing with water in your body.

See the ClearStream study or IVAQS study to see what was found in exhaled vapor.

 

[nanovapr]

No, you are not smoking. Congrats, keep it up!

 

[Talyon]

I don't care who or whatever dictionary calls vapor, smoke. That's not the question here.

My answer to the OP is NO I refer to what I do as Vapeing, and the exhaled emission is Vapor, not water but simply Vapor. I gave up Smoking.

 

[bizzeegrl]

t's been since January 12th for me and I have the Ego twist as well. Amazing how easy it was to quit. I don't smoke anymor....I vape and am so proud to say that! Congratulations to all that quit smoking; I know how good that feels.

 

[megangstax]

It's definitely not smoking even what we produce look somehow like smoke but its vapor!

 

[vinna]

Smoking with a condom