Sub-ohm and cancer

[Gilligan]

I saw an advisory warning that sub-ohm vapor has cancer causing chemicals due to the heat. Is this actually true? I have been using the Kanger Subtanks and the Herakles for months now. Even if true, how would they compare to cigarette cancer risks.

Sub-ohm helps keep me off cigarettes.

 

[edyle]

there is not some magic genie that decides that your 0.99 ohm coil is sub ohm and produces 'sub ohm vapor' while your 1.01 ohm does not.

burnt hits / dry hits have always been an issue

 

[WonderDude32]

Sounds alot like Big tobacco propaganda again. I haven't seen a report anywhere that says the 2 are linked. Nicotine doesn't cause cancer either. Who benefits from saying that vaping would cause cancer? It just pisses me off to no end that people say such nonsense when they can't prove it. If they want to link dry burns in a vaporizer with lymphoma then I guess you could if you want to experiment on monkeys and blow burning cotton smoke at them all day. I do know that if you're smoking cotton all day, you probably will get cancer with a ton of other problems.

 

[smacuser]

I've yet to hear this claim.

I sometimes have to consider, on the average, sub ohmers tend to hold vapor in the lungs 4-5x longer at a higher temp than MTL users.

I'm sure the good Dr. F is on the case right now.

Edit: 18mg helps to keep me from smoking.

 

[Bad Ninja]

Sub ohming causes cancer?

" you sub ohm? Omg! You gonna die!"

 

[yuseffuhler]

I saw an advisory warning that sub-ohm vapor has cancer causing chemicals due to the heat. Is this actually true? I have been using the Kanger Subtanks and the Herakles for months now. Even if true, how would they compare to cigarette cancer risks.

Sub-ohm helps keep me off cigarettes.

How about a broken link? I kinda want to see this.

 

[Two_Bears]

I saw an advisory warning that sub-ohm vapor has cancer causing chemicals due to the heat. Is this actually true? I have been using the Kanger Subtanks and the Herakles for months now. Even if true, how would they compare to cigarette cancer risks.

Sub-ohm helps keep me off cigarettes.

Gilligan; its not the Sub Ohm. It is the HEAT and over cooking your ejuice.

I have to stay away from Nickel because of an allergy.

I would recommend people to ditch Nickel because in wattage mode the Nickel can oxidize.

I wish my Istick 40 TC would do temp control with Stainless steel or Titanium wire.

I was watching a YouTube video about a company trying to build a mod that will do Temperature control with Kanthal.

 

[Bunnykiller]

yup, subohming in direct bright sunlight for many years causes skin cancer....
but then again, being in direct bright sunlight for many years and not subohming causes skin cancer too...

 

[Ryedan]

I saw an advisory warning that sub-ohm vapor has cancer causing chemicals due to the heat. Is this actually true? I have been using the Kanger Subtanks and the Herakles for months now. Even if true, how would they compare to cigarette cancer risks.

Sub-ohm helps keep me off cigarettes.

The temperature of the wire in a sub-ohm setup may actually be lower than with say a 2 ohm setup. There is really no connection between resistance and wire temperature. There is a connection between wire gauge, resistance and watts that influences wire temperature, but at least these three variables need to be taken into account.

Ultimately, if you get your wire temperature high enough to burn juice you will create something less healthy than un-burnt juice. You will notice burnt juice from the taste/smell.

 

[crxess]

Fact........
Lack of Coolant(e-liquid) and Air Flow can cause EXCESSIVE HEAT.

Fact.............
An Extreme Sub-ohm TC coil (like .076) can deliver a Very cool Vape.

Misuse of Terms leads to misunderstanding of Risk.

High Heat can cause chemical reactions that create other high risk chemicals.
This does not require Sub-ohm application, though using sub-ohm devices may increase risk.

 

[pfaber11]

I have been using an Arctic sub ohm tank at 0.5 ohm for a few weeks now at 35 watts and have yet to experience a dry hit or any burning of juice. It's a nice smooth vape. I have had dry hits and burning off of the old style ce4 s and ce5 s. Give me the sub ohm any day.

 

[Hans Wermhat]

a mod that will do Temperature control with Kanthal.

It's out now. The Asolo something or other. I've typed to a couple of folks that have it and they say it works.

 

[SpaceApe]

That makes sense to a certain degree. Sub-ohm vaping tends to create more heat, if you heat it to a point where the juice or wicks combust you are going to be subjected to the chemicals created by the aforementioned combustion.

 

[Hans Wermhat]

There are so man variables. Wire type, gauge, wattage, juice ratios, and airflow all have to be factored in to determine what temp a coil runs at. Ad the temps necessary to turn juice into formaldehyde would make a VERY unpleasant vape anyway...

 

[RPadTV]

That makes sense to a certain degree. Sub-ohm vaping tends to create more heat, if you heat it to a point where the juice or wicks combust you are going to be subjected to the chemicals created by the aforementioned combustion.

If you're cranking out enough wattage where your juice is combusting, I'm pretty sure you have other problems. I've never seen this happen, even at cloud comps.

 

[SpaceApe]

If you're cranking out enough wattage where your juice is combusting, I'm pretty sure you have other problems. I've never seen this happen, even at cloud comps.

Maybe I should have been more specific and said start to combust. Burning is a part of combustion and we all know burnt juice and wicks happen.