I was talking in depth to my pharmacist the other day about nicotine, PG, VG, and e-cigs. He spent a good 45 minutes of his 1 hour lunch with me talking about the good, the bad, the ugly about e-cigs. What he told me is pretty much what everyone already knows, but here it is
PG is an oily substance that entirely gets absorbed into the body before it hits the lungs. In the doses we take in an e-cig we would have to puff much much more then is humanly possible to have any adverse effects. Food Grade PG in e-cigs is completely safe.
VG again is an oily substance and behaves exactly the same as mentioned above. No harm can come of inhaling VG in the doses we use. It is all absorbed by the body and has absolutely no chance of accumulating in the lungs causing pneumonia. My doctor concurred with this.
Nicotine, we did talk about 100mg nicotine, He was telling me the he used to work with 500mg nicotine. I asked him if he was crazy, he just laughed. He worked for a tobacco company as a chemist and told me 100mg is ok if you use gloves mask and eye protection, the absorption rate of nic on the skin is very low, most of it evaporates before getting into the blood stream, if you do spill it on yourself just wash the area with soap and water asap. Thats as much as I will say on Nic cuz I know it will ruffle feathers and cause another war. He told me lots more I will not share.
My pharmacist is actually buying an e-cig, He is not a fan of NRT's and wish e-cigs were legal. my Doctor told me he will advocate for the legalization of e-cigs. Both feel e-cigs are a way better alternative to the also addicting NRTS like the gum.
My pharmacist is a smoker and tried my ego and was blown away. If more pharmacists and doctors know about e-cigs only good things can happen.
PG is an oily substance that entirely gets absorbed into the body before it hits the lungs. In the doses we take in an e-cig we would have to puff much much more then is humanly possible to have any adverse effects. Food Grade PG in e-cigs is completely safe.
VG again is an oily substance and behaves exactly the same as mentioned above. No harm can come of inhaling VG in the doses we use. It is all absorbed by the body and has absolutely no chance of accumulating in the lungs causing pneumonia. My doctor concurred with this.
Nicotine, we did talk about 100mg nicotine, He was telling me the he used to work with 500mg nicotine. I asked him if he was crazy, he just laughed. He worked for a tobacco company as a chemist and told me 100mg is ok if you use gloves mask and eye protection, the absorption rate of nic on the skin is very low, most of it evaporates before getting into the blood stream, if you do spill it on yourself just wash the area with soap and water asap. Thats as much as I will say on Nic cuz I know it will ruffle feathers and cause another war. He told me lots more I will not share.
My pharmacist is actually buying an e-cig, He is not a fan of NRT's and wish e-cigs were legal. my Doctor told me he will advocate for the legalization of e-cigs. Both feel e-cigs are a way better alternative to the also addicting NRTS like the gum.
My pharmacist is a smoker and tried my ego and was blown away. If more pharmacists and doctors know about e-cigs only good things can happen.
