E-juice accumulation in lungs?

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ClippinWings

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Hello!

It's my first post here :) mods feel free to move this to appropriate section.

Question is in the title. Much if not most of the inhaled vapor is absorbed by or condensed back to liquid in lungs. Does it all go directly into the bloodstream, including the arome/taste additives, or is there a risk of some parts of the juice staying and eventually accumulating in the lungs?

Google didn't find anything useful so I thought I'd drop by to ask if anyone here knows better.


Maybe...

But cigarettes WILL kill you...

So I'll take that risk.

Truth is if I was drowning in this stuff, I wouldn't be able to breath as well as I am... i would at the very least have a persistent cough
 
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My experience is the opposite. I often drag the vapor only to my mouth to do rings or just make the air look smokey for fun. It doesn't feel like nicotine is absorbed at all.

I'm sorry, I meant that with vaping the nicotine is primarily absorbed in your mouth.
 

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VG and PG are water soluble. Whcih also means it will be readily and easily absorbed into your bloodstream. If not, then it gets absorbed by the mucous that line the walls and other stuff in your lungs...(I'm trying to be as untechnical as possible). Long story short, you are doing as much harm to yourself as you would if you put you head over steaming water.

minus the heat of course.


I'm sorry, I meant that with vaping the nicotine is primarily absorbed in your mouth.


Well, not primarily but its also important. Since the transport medium of nic in vaping is water vapor... which unfortunately is ten times bigger on a molecular level than burnt tobacco smoke, we absorb less nic with each puff of vaped juice. So having the vapor sit a bit in your mouth, then taking it to your lungs and expelling from mouth and nose is a good way to maximize your exposure to the spiked vapor.

On another note, though I am not sure but its my educated guess... water vapor dissipates way faster than smoke. Probably why if you puff and leave it in your mouth for a bit no vapor will come out at all. a good way to maximize the amount of vape expelled if you are into lots of vapor and stuff; would be to direct inhale, that is inhale as you draw in one action... this could also be a good way of letting the vapor sit in your lungs longer.

This community is def. doing more constructive inquisition and collective research regarding personal vaporizers than any organization in the world is.


Yes we are.... and saving the BT companies hundreds of millions in R&D while we are at it :), whenever one of us gets to the bottom of something like this, they will probably all toast to themselves and probably have a team of ppl collecting notes and making observations of all that we guin.... i mean vapers are going through.
 
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Both the mouth and the nasal passages do a better job of absorbing nicotine than the lungs. I know, all the e-cig video reviewers love to blow huge billows of vapor from their lungs but that's mostly stagecraft and salesmanship. I rarely inhale to the lungs and get lots of nicotine from vaping by holding in the mouth and exhaling slowly through the nose.

Essential reading:

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/ecf-library/337017-inhalation-technique-e-cigarette.html
 

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VG and PG are water soluble. Washes away. I'm sure you've noticed that just in the process of cleaning equiptment or washing out a juice bottle. PG is in asthma inhalers.

Unlike TAR in cigs --- that stuck to your lungs. It adheres and never hardly leaves.

This is correct. In fact, VG and PG are completely, 100% water soluble, so they dissolve in water with no residue whatever. Also, it is hydrophilic, which means that it attracts water and dissolves in it readily. Thus, it is impossible for VG or PG to accumulate in any open system composed of a high percentage of water (i.e., the human body).
 

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Most of the inhaled vapor is expelled when you exhale (see that cloud post puff?).
The contents of the vapor i.e. nicotine is absorbed by the the lungs and end up in your bloodstream. The vapor you are inhaling/exhaling does not contain the 400+ carcinogens that inhaling soot and smoke from burnt dead leaves contain.
 

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If I use a heavy liquid, with at least 75% VG, and use my PV heavily at the same time, I do get a phlem buildup sometimes .. and cough it out .. it's been better than 2 years off the analogs, so I doubt it's lung clearing from smoking .. and the phlem is clear ..

I'm not worried about it .. my lungs are still happy ..
 

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VG and PG are water soluble. Washes away. I'm sure you've noticed that just in the process of cleaning equiptment or washing out a juice bottle. PG is in asthma inhalers.

Unlike TAR in cigs --- that stuck to your lungs. It adheres and never hardly leaves.



That is the biggest prob with cigs.........tar (among other things)is not WS. You would have to drink acetone HeHe
 

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People should be more concerned about what is in our food. after all, no one has to vape, but all have to eat(even the children). The vaunted fda allows just about anything in our food. If anyone is concerned about what is in E-juice,don't vape. But don't impede (not directed @ op)my choice to do so(seems simple).
 
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