Hi all - need your help.
Apparently it was all over the internet yesterday about "3rd Hand Smoke" dangers. Granted, it was talking about actual analog smoking and its residue that lies on carpets, clothes and lingers in the air and how they managed to determine its harmful effects especially to babies and small children.
This raised a concern to my lifetime NON-smoking husband. He thinks this concern also applies to e-cig nic vaporers because we are also blowing out nicotine molecules . This leaves residue as well. i,.e, matter cannot be destroyed theory albeit, the vaper is not induced by fire; however, vapor is vapor.
Before now, he was very tolerant of me vaping; however, he has been noticing that I'm vaping more than when I started 2+ months ago and now he's "smelling" the vaper. He is concerned that my vaping nicotine has will have the same effect as regular smoking in the air he breathes. What argument can I give him on this that is factual ? Are there any articles out there that confirms that "e-cigarette vapor" is safe on others other than what we find on the Supplier's websites?
Being a 30+ yr smoker that found a way to quit 3 months ago, this newsflash report did not make me happy. If there is a health risk for him, I will vape outside but I want a valid reason for me to have to do that rather than pondering this theory. More importantly, will this article extend to also include e-cigarettes soon?
Your thoughts and agruments are welcomed.
Here's an excerpt from the MSNBC.msn.com site:
"Our study shows that when this residual nicotine reacts with ambient nitrous acid it forms carcinogenic tobacco-specific nitrosamines or TSNAs," Destaillats said. "TSNAs are among the most broadly acting and potent carcinogens present in unburned tobacco and tobacco smoke."
Unvented gas appliances are the main source of nitrous acid indoors.
The researchers used cellulose as a model of indoor material, and exposed it to cigarette smoke. They then exposed it to a "high but reasonable" concentration of nitrous acid for three hours. The levels of newly formed TSNAs were 10 times higher after the nitrous acid exposure. The TSNAs also formed quickly, the researchers found.
"Given the rapid sorption and persistence of high levels of nicotine on indoor surfaces, including clothing and human skin, our findings indicate that third-hand smoke represents an unappreciated health hazard through dermal exposure, dust inhalation and ingestion," said lead author Mohamad Sleiman, also of Berkeley Lab.
Apparently it was all over the internet yesterday about "3rd Hand Smoke" dangers. Granted, it was talking about actual analog smoking and its residue that lies on carpets, clothes and lingers in the air and how they managed to determine its harmful effects especially to babies and small children.
This raised a concern to my lifetime NON-smoking husband. He thinks this concern also applies to e-cig nic vaporers because we are also blowing out nicotine molecules . This leaves residue as well. i,.e, matter cannot be destroyed theory albeit, the vaper is not induced by fire; however, vapor is vapor.
Before now, he was very tolerant of me vaping; however, he has been noticing that I'm vaping more than when I started 2+ months ago and now he's "smelling" the vaper. He is concerned that my vaping nicotine has will have the same effect as regular smoking in the air he breathes. What argument can I give him on this that is factual ? Are there any articles out there that confirms that "e-cigarette vapor" is safe on others other than what we find on the Supplier's websites?
Being a 30+ yr smoker that found a way to quit 3 months ago, this newsflash report did not make me happy. If there is a health risk for him, I will vape outside but I want a valid reason for me to have to do that rather than pondering this theory. More importantly, will this article extend to also include e-cigarettes soon?
Your thoughts and agruments are welcomed.
Here's an excerpt from the MSNBC.msn.com site:
"Our study shows that when this residual nicotine reacts with ambient nitrous acid it forms carcinogenic tobacco-specific nitrosamines or TSNAs," Destaillats said. "TSNAs are among the most broadly acting and potent carcinogens present in unburned tobacco and tobacco smoke."
Unvented gas appliances are the main source of nitrous acid indoors.
The researchers used cellulose as a model of indoor material, and exposed it to cigarette smoke. They then exposed it to a "high but reasonable" concentration of nitrous acid for three hours. The levels of newly formed TSNAs were 10 times higher after the nitrous acid exposure. The TSNAs also formed quickly, the researchers found.
"Given the rapid sorption and persistence of high levels of nicotine on indoor surfaces, including clothing and human skin, our findings indicate that third-hand smoke represents an unappreciated health hazard through dermal exposure, dust inhalation and ingestion," said lead author Mohamad Sleiman, also of Berkeley Lab.
