Importance of Air Quality Testing of Vapor

[Heartisan]

Definitely a 5 for me.
I know that vaping has been much healthier for me - my slight wheeze and smoker's cough are gone and I can finish sentences without needing to take a breath in the middle.
BUT - I want to know if there is anything I need to be concerned with for myself and my family. I always smoked outside to not expose them to second hand smoke, but I now vape in the same room with them. I couldn't bear it if I was inadvertently exposing them to something toxic.

 

[DaDuke]

I voted 4 since i believe the content of the inhale is more important.

I'm just sick of hearing "it's just water vapor". Has anyone sucked steam before?

Humidity, humidifiers, nose sprays, steamy showers, fog and of course fog machines to name a few.

I do think that there needs to be solid proof that it is merely water vapor with negligible amounts of anything objectionable. The anti-smoking conditioning has been so effective on the public that anything that even resembles smoke cause fits of hysteria. Reminds me of the "hate minute" from 1984.

To me it is far more important to test what goes into the lungs, not what is exhaled afterwards.

If you assume that nothing dangerous would be exhaled that wasn't inhaled, you could kill two birds with one stone.
Determine what is inhaled, and if it's nothing harmful, then what is exhaled is exonerated by default.

But yeah, I voted very important.

Very good point.

I couldn't find what the current total donations are at. I remember seeing a thermometer like graphic showing that but can't seem to find it anymore. The link didnt seem to contain that info either although i could just be blind.

EDIT: on second thought, the amount of unabsorbed nic in the exhaled vapor would be important for children and pregnant woman especially in an enclosed space.

 

[Andtyler2]

EDIT: on second thought, the amount of unabsorbed nic in the exhaled vapor would be important for children and pregnant woman especially in an enclosed space.

Absolutely. The amount of nicotine that is absorbed (and whatever else we ingest) is certainly important to us. But exhaled nicotine is one of the major concerns we ought to have about vaping around others---strangers and loved ones alike. We like to tell people that the PG in our PV's is killing all the germs in the room. But we don't know what else might be in the vapor (or even how much PG we're letting loose).

We can't stick our heads in the sand on this one. We need to get some data and we need to trust that the study will be well designed and carefully implemented.

Vapor differs from second hand smoke in that it is ONLY emitted into the air when actively using a PV. My understanding is that second hand smoke consists of not only the smoke exhaled by a smoker but also the smoke emitted by a burning cigarette (e.g., all those cigarettes burning up in ashtrays or held between the fingers of a smoker, etc) I hope the procedure used for 2nd hand smoke studies will effectively capture the composition of exhaled vapor.

Labs can never completely mirror real world conditions. People don't smoke or vape like any machine. In addition to the lab procedure, can't they also test the air quality of a room of a particular size after 1 or more individuals have vaped (using a standard PV, atomizer, and liquid) for 'x' amount of time? Second hand smoke had a cumulative effect on air quality and maybe vapor (visible or not) is similar.... Just wonderin'

In any event, my vote is for urgent and count me in for a donation.

 

[telsie]

I voted moderate because I'm more concerned about what it's doing to us vapers. I know the ingredients of the liquid I use and I believe it's safe, but I'd like to see testing that shows that. If it's proven safe to inhale, wouldn't that also prove that the exhale is safe for those around you?

 

[nansc]

Yes I think it important,but I'm not too worried about ,you are inhaling this vapor in your lungs.It should be checked out.