Do you perpetuate the water vapor lie?

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Ingredient label on a box of Blu cartridges.

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That's interesting. #1 ingredient is water. (Hmmm...that would explain the crappy vapor production, lol. ;) ) I wonder if blu is following the food guidelines of listing the ingredients in descending order of concentration?

If that's the case, I guess blu users can truthfully say "It's MOSTLY water vapor!"
 

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It's not totally water vapor, but the ingredients contain lots of water. PG is about 10% water. The flavorings are water soluble and contain various amounts of water. Most DIY mixers add another 10% to thin the mix, and your mucous membranes add more. Combine that with whatever percentage of water there is in the humid air you inhale when you vape, there's a lot of water in the resultant exhale.

No, it's not 100% water vapor, but water is a significant percentage of the whole. I tell people it's PG/VG fog, similar to the fog machines at concerts and stage shows. The Drexel study shows that there are trace amounts of a number of chemicals in the vapor, but the left column, if I read it correctly, shows the EPA limits for normal exposure to those chemicals and we are WAY under the recommended exposures, at a tiny fractional level.

Sub ohm vapers may be exposing themselves to levels that are much higher, IMO. Huge clouds may not be the most healthy way to vape. The intent of vaping is to get the lowest enjoyable level that removes the desire to burn tobacco and inhale the deadly smoke particles.

The Drexel study, FWIW.
http://publichealth.drexel.edu/~/media/files/publichealth/ms08.pdf
 
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When making the switch from incandescent to another form of lightbulb the average person equates the switch with watts or "watts equivalent" as the packages very often have written on them. Same if you tell them strength of sound isn't watts .
To tell the average person watts isn't amount of light is about the same thing as arguing over what's being exhaled. They'll look at you and what you just said will not compute in their brain. Tell them the amount of light is measured in lumens, amount of sound in decibels and they'll just look at you and think you're one of those people that only uses big words to seem smarter and still not have a clue or care about your accuracy and their misunderstanding. Some will be enlightened but most have already made up their mind what they choose to believe regardless of the facts.

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