Your concerns are valid, to be sure. I have often commented on my concerns that vaping, being an untested activity, is potentially every bit as dangerous as smoking, although possibly in different ways. There have been a lot of posts, for example, on the use of the chemical diactyl in the manufacture of e-juice. Diactyl has been known, in large, inhaled quantities, to lead to an irreversible, fatal lung disorder known as "popcorn lung", because diactyl is used in the butter flavoring found in microwave popcorn.
My feeling on the issue is that I believe vaping to be safer than smoking, if not entirely safe. I am fairly comfortable in that belief, but I still try to limit my vaping more than I cut back on my smoking. I have been known to chain vape from time-to-time, but mostly I reserve it for times when I am seriously craving a smoke. Fortunately, those times are becoming increasingly rare the longer I stay tobacco-free.
Although we are all now aware that vaping is not proven for smoking cessation (per the FDA), I have a supply of juice that ranges from 24mg nicotine all the way down to 0mg, and I have a plan to "step down" every three months or so (or when my supply of higher nicotine juice runs out, whichever comes first). I hope, if all goes as plans, to be 0mg entirely by summer. Then, I should be able to stop vaping altogether.
For many, vaping is a long-term alternative to smoking. For me, it's a means to an end. I don't really think 2 or 3 years of vaping will lead to as much damage as my 30 years of smoking may have. I am fortunate, so far, to not be suffering from asthma, COPD, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, or any other serious smoking complication, so for me, vaping could very well be a lifesaver and not just a different kind of poison.
Only time will tell, I suppose.
might burn a lil but it helps a lot
