First Study to Examine Passive Vaping Under Real-Life Conditions Finds No Chemicals of Concern in Room Air

[AgentAnia]

From Michael Siegel's "The Rest of the Story" blog, good news for vapers and those we love:

http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2013/12/first-study-to-examine-passive-vaping.html

These results should be viewed as preliminary, especially because only one brand of electronic cigarettes was tested....

Nevertheless, these results seem to suggest that electronic cigarettes at least have the potential to present little risk to bystanders. Not only can we say that there is currently no evidence that passive vaping is harmful, but we can now say that the first study to examine passive vaping under realistic conditions found no chemicals of concern in the ambient air.

The rest of the story is that there is no current evidence that passive vaping poses any significant threat to the health of bystanders. Thus, I do not see any public health justification for banning vaping in public places at the present time.

There's a link to the study in Siegel's post.

 

[NorthOfAtlanta]

It will be interesting to see if any of the press picks up on this one. I'm betting that outside the E-cigarette community, Crickets.

 

[AgentAnia]

Update on OP: I'm a bit confused here now. :brain stalled in first gear; coffee not kicking in: Couldn't get the actual study to display, went in a backdoor, couldn't find any recent study on flavourart website. From the link url, it appears MS is referring to a 2012 study? Could be the ClearStream study? Maybe somebody else can clear this up...

:going to stick head under cold water:

 

[Orb Skewer]

Update on OP: I'm a bit confused here now. :brain stalled in first gear; coffee not kicking in: Couldn't get the actual study to display, went in a backdoor, couldn't find any recent study on flavourart website. From the link url, it appears MS is referring to a 2012 study? Could be the ClearStream study? Maybe somebody else can clear this up...

:going to stick head under cold water:

Thats affirmative Ania-it is the 2012 Clearstream study

 

[AgentAnia]

Thats affirmative Ania-it is the 2012 Clearstream study

Sorry, everybody. Carry on.... :going for more coffee and a vape:

 

[Orb Skewer]

Get a coffee and a vape for Mr Siegel while your at it, it seems he has his 'links' mixed up (or at least his wording is confusing).

This one

"One previous study (Flouris et al., 2013) did find an increase in serum cotinine levels in nonsmokers exposed to passive vaping;"
Links to this-from 3013 25th February
Acute impact of active and passive electronic ... [Inhal Toxicol. 2013] - PubMed - NCBI