Does anyone worry about clouds of vapor inflicting nicotine on your family?

[Angie C]

Hi, I'm new here. I just started vaping a week ago and am elated at the vast difference! Already my smoker's cough is nearly gone. I was so happy at the idea of getting my nic fix indoors again that at first, I went a bit crazy vaping in the living room. Then my son walked into the room while it was filled with massive vapor clouds. I began to wonder if those clouds were filled with uningested nicotine and whether my son was inhaling that nicotine! I began to think that if he could smell the flavor, he was probably also inhaling the nic. I don't want to make my son addicted to nicotine! I started vaping 0 mg nicotine e-liquid in rooms where he goes just to be safe. What are your thoughts?

 

[Kreeps]

I blow the vapor clouds at my friends pets for fun sometimes and they seem to notice the smell and walk away. Might just be the smell, i dont know.

 

[BlueMoods]

As with so much about vaping, there simply isn't enough research to say how much nicotine is in second hand vapor. It does settle out of the air quickly so, IF there is a significant amount of nic in it, I would think it would not be able to be inhaled by others for long.

Still, if that is the case, it's reason enough to ban vaping where smoking is banned, non smokers or non vapers don't want or need second hand nicotine. If it's proven there is absorbable nic in second hand vapor, then I'm all for no vaping where there is no smoking. As much as I hate the idea, it's what would be right if that were the case.

 

[Bill's Magic Vapor]

Second hand smoke is bad for us, so we are told. The dubious claims and studies show there is a deleterious effect to second hand smoke. The danger though is the smoke, not the nicotine. There is no smoke in atomized eliquid, just a diminimus amount of nicotine and food additives. Nicotine is no more dangerous than coffee, and many doctors say less so. Nicotine is found in vegetables and we all ingest nicotine on a daily basis in our food. It is not harmful at these levels. Pure nicotine is a dangerous toxin that will kill any living organism on Earth. We are not talking about this, though. There have been numerous studies on second hand vaping, and no one has found a single negative side effect yet. In the world of medical research, a world I live in, any researcher could make quite a name if they could tie second hand vaping to any harmful data. Doesn't exist. Look, life is itself not "safe." Bicycles are not safe. Driving is not safe, Showering is not safe. There's a big difference between harmful and safe. Second hand vapor has not been found to be harmful in the least, and, believe me, they've looked. If it had, certainly we would all know about it. The ANTZ would see to that.

 

[Matthee]

My better half allowed me one analogue in bed at night, but still complained bitterly about the smoke (she's still a smoker mind you). Now the vapor does not bother her at all, but she complains the button clicking on my battery device is highly irritating. Just can't win!

 

[Rickajho]

Hi.

To put it non-scientifically, the dangers from second hand smoke are from the smoke, not any nicotine contained it it. In either case - smoking or vaping - there is no appreciable nicotine in the expelled smoke, or for us in the vapor.

 

[Abbell]

google is bad...

Here are a few. The problem is lack of data. I have seen some studies that confirm low or no toxic exhalations. All the research that I have seen tends to point out that it is many of orders of magnitude better that smoking. What I am still looking for is to see how much worse it is than breathing.


The Straight Dope: Are electronic cigarettes noncarcinogenic?


Latest Studies Confirm E-Cigarette Vapor Safety

 

[Rickajho]

Don't over think that one. I'm sure you can find something out there that concludes death is a by product of being alive. And stuff like that...

 

[WarHawk-AVG]

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[Levitys]

Hi.

To put it non-scientifically, the dangers from second hand smoke are from the smoke, not any nicotine contained it it. In either case - smoking or vaping - there is no appreciable nicotine in the expelled smoke, or for us in the vapor.

Ditto!

 

[Penguins_CC]

Until there is more of a consensus, I think there will always be non-vapers with cause for concern. For now, I'm glad to have quit analogs and happily restrain from vaping near non-smokers. I have a 3 year old and it does creep into the back of my mind.

 

[Hoofhearted62]

my wife can sometimes barely get a hint of the flavor i am vaping. I doubt there is much NIC in it that would affect her, im using 12mg now. even with that, she doesn't mind that I vape, as long as I'm off the real cigs

 

[AgentAnia]

I seem to recall reading an interpretation of a study done of what's in exhaled vapor that said a non-vaper would have to lock lips with a vaper and directly inhale the vaper's exhalation, for several hours, to ingest any amount of nicotine at all, and even that would be barely measurable.

It can be tempting, because vapor looks like smoke, to think of it as smoke and worry about what it contains. Frankly, I'd be more worried about what I was inhaling in any parking lot or on any street corner, or in stores that use fragrance in their air-handling systems, or in any home that uses plug-in fragrances, or in your living room while you're burning a scented candle.

 

[Bob Chill]

I have 4 kids but I don't fill rooms with vapor around them. Even if I did I wouldn't be worried much at all. I do vape in the house plenty though and don't think twice. Smoke hangs in the air forever and circulates through the hvac. Vapor can't do that. Molecules are too big and there are no fine particulates from combustion. Vapor drops out of the air very quickly and I could care less about any pg/vg hitting the rug or tabletop

 

[sarg]

My guess is that breathing while in your car in traffic is more harmful than second hand vapor.

 

[skoony]

when indoors if people are around use a standard ecig like v2 or blue.
you can be very descrete as they tend not to emit giant clouds(8 man hukah sized)of vapor.
i use them on the public buses where they are supposedly banned and have'nt had a problem yet.
regards
mike

 

[Coastal Cowboy]

You probably get more toxins from things like scented candles, air fresheners and pot pourri than from the mythical "second hand vapor."

Also, you will probably ingest, inhale or topically apply more PG and VG than you'll ever encounter in that same mythical cloud.

Our exhaled mist is actually heavier than air, so most of anything falls rather than climbs. That's why fog machines do what they do on the dance floor.

 

[RosaJ]

There have been studies done on second hand vape (please check out the CASAA website for all the studies done so far) and from what I understand, the only way you can get second hand nicotine is if you take a draw from the ecig and exhale right into someone's mouth. And then, the amount of nicotine is much less than what you're vaping.

Sorry, but I'm not going to search for the link, you'll find very informative information when you do the research yourself.

Vape on!

 

[yaypudding]

when you "smoke" an ecig the liquid get atomized, the "smoke" is just the liquid dispersed into very fine droplets. This also makes the nicotine very easily consumed when you inhale, leaving virtually no nicotine escape. Your lungs are very porous and are good at absorbing chemicals that are atomized across the blood membrane layer. The amount of nicotine that you exhale is virtually nil, so don't worry yourself, your a good parent, switching to ecigs is far and beyond the best decision you have made for your child.

 

[BlueMoods]

Things that are more hazardous than second hand vapor for sure, in my book:

Breathing while sitting in a traffic jam or following a diesel truck.
Breathing while in the smoke off your grill.
Breathing the smoke form burning food on the stove - especially greasy food like bacon.
Breathing while burning the fall leaves, trash or whatever.
Breathing when your fireplace or wood stove decides to belch smoke into the house.
Second hand analog smoke.

Yes I would respect no vapers and non smoker if absorbable nic were in the exhaled vapor, but, that's courtesy, not health. Same as not blowing a cloud right in a non vaper's face (unless it's a friend that wants to sniff your vape.)

It's true that nic alone is not any worse for you than caffine, and it is in many foods, eggplants being the highest but, also peppers, tomatoes and many more at lower levels.