Is the vapour harmful?
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No, it isn't. Thats the short answer. For the long answer, its made up of primarily 4 things; food grade propelyn glycol and/or vegetable glycerin both of which are also used in some of the stuff you eat and are water soluble and the other two are concentrate flavoring and/or nicotine.
The only thing unhealthy about all this is if you OD on the nic or you have certain allergies.
The only thing unhealthy about all this is if you OD on the nic or you have certain allergies.
After 6 months, I do notice a buildup of thin film on my car windows. Anybody else notice this?
You may get some debate about whether or not there is even the slightest degree of harm potential from inhaling vapor.
But it is nearly undeniable that what we exhale has no chance of harming anybody else.
Even if they are allergic to some aspect of the vaper, the reaction would be minimal, and certainly not life-threatening.
In fact, I can make a valid argument that what we exhale is actually healthy for most others to breathe.
--Propylene glycol is a good anti-microbial agent and sterilizes the air
--Nicotine is a mild stimulant that improves memory, attention, and concentration
Unfortunately for those around us, studies have shown that we exhale almost no nicotine.
But it is nearly undeniable that what we exhale has no chance of harming anybody else.
Even if they are allergic to some aspect of the vaper, the reaction would be minimal, and certainly not life-threatening.
In fact, I can make a valid argument that what we exhale is actually healthy for most others to breathe.
--Propylene glycol is a good anti-microbial agent and sterilizes the air
--Nicotine is a mild stimulant that improves memory, attention, and concentration
Unfortunately for those around us, studies have shown that we exhale almost no nicotine.
It has to be way less harmful than analogs . I know after a week of smoking in the car there was a ton of stuff stuck to the windows. Now after a month of chain vaping in the car I don't see much of any build up on the windows. I'll stick to vaping I feel better I taste things again I can sleep and breath.
My educated guess; ever notice the condensation on your mouthpieces? Now imagine what happens in your car. You are expelling vapor in what may usually be a confined space, there will obviously be condensation on your car glass and stuff but because of how minute and slow this build up is you may not notice it. Now don't forget that in this expelled vapor there things that though are water soluble in the human body aren't "glass" soluble
so there should be a build up.Its kinda like breathing hot air onto glass. Now imagine breathing said air that has things that won't just dissipate without some metabolic process onto glass
I've noticed a little bit. It's because you don't fully absorb everything when you inhale the vapor, so you're always releasing some of your juice back into the air
From what I've read, the vapor you exhale is harmless, and that is also the current assumption made for inhaled vapor. However, I am unaware of any long-term studies showing the effect of vapor inhalation on humans.
I do know that FlavourArt did a nice study on the vapor which can be found here: http://clearstream.flavourart.it/site/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/CSA_ItaEng.pdf
I do know that FlavourArt did a nice study on the vapor which can be found here: http://clearstream.flavourart.it/site/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/CSA_ItaEng.pdf
Exhale vapor about 3 feet above a surface then stroke it with your hand. Feel anything? I guess if you blew it right in someone's face eyeball-to-eyeball they might breath a tiny bit of vapor but far less would be inhaled than if you lightly sprayed the room with deodorizer, hairspray or furniture polish... and way less harmful as none of those are made to be consumed like what's in vapor. If vapor got thick enough in the air to be of conern then none of it could use it near our computer or any other electronics. These aren't fog machines and that's the other point. If the vapor was dangerous people at rock shows, etc, where those are used would be suing.
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What Are The Benefits Of Vegetable Glycerin? | LIVESTRONG.COM
Vegetable glycerin is a product of extracted oils. The process called "hydrolysis" produces the vegetable glycerin by splitting the oils into crude glycerol fats and combines water and temperature pressure, which may exceed 400 degrees F, to create the final product. Vegetable glycerin is a clear, odorless liquid used as an ingredient in products such as soap, shampoo, cosmetics, toothpaste and pharmaceuticals. Vegetable glycerin is beneficial for enhancing beauty through the use of cosmetics, improving the health of skin and is safe and earth-friendly.
Read more: What Are The Benefits Of Vegetable Glycerin? | LIVESTRONG.COM
Glycerol is one of the most benign organic liquids known to man. It is hype-allergenic, non-carcinigeic, non teratogenic and non-mutagenic. It is metabolized quite easily by a process called beta-oxidation.
The safety of vegetable glycerin (VG) when inhaled through an electronic cigarette (e-cigarette). Studies on the effect of the inhalation of vegetable glycerin through a personal vaporizer.
Vegetable glycerin is a product of extracted oils. The process called "hydrolysis" produces the vegetable glycerin by splitting the oils into crude glycerol fats and combines water and temperature pressure, which may exceed 400 degrees F, to create the final product. Vegetable glycerin is a clear, odorless liquid used as an ingredient in products such as soap, shampoo, cosmetics, toothpaste and pharmaceuticals. Vegetable glycerin is beneficial for enhancing beauty through the use of cosmetics, improving the health of skin and is safe and earth-friendly.
Read more: What Are The Benefits Of Vegetable Glycerin? | LIVESTRONG.COM
Glycerol is one of the most benign organic liquids known to man. It is hype-allergenic, non-carcinigeic, non teratogenic and non-mutagenic. It is metabolized quite easily by a process called beta-oxidation.
The safety of vegetable glycerin (VG) when inhaled through an electronic cigarette (e-cigarette). Studies on the effect of the inhalation of vegetable glycerin through a personal vaporizer.
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Do you have any similar links for the safety of Propylene Glycol? That could be helpful to new vapers whom have purchased a PG juice.
after 6 months of vaping,i started have breathing problems,,it makes my lungs feel shallow,,,i have to use my enebulizer 5 times more then i did when i smoked.
i have experimented with different pg/vg mixtures and flavor amounts,,low nic and high nic,strait pg and vg,,it doesn't matter.
i know that a lot of what i vape stays in my lungs,just cause it is fda approved to eat,,does not mean it is good to breath in to your lungs.
like they say buyer beware !
i have experimented with different pg/vg mixtures and flavor amounts,,low nic and high nic,strait pg and vg,,it doesn't matter.
i know that a lot of what i vape stays in my lungs,just cause it is fda approved to eat,,does not mean it is good to breath in to your lungs.
like they say buyer beware !
An interesting fact about propylene glycol is that it is non-toxic when ingested even in reasonably large amounts. Unlike its dangerous and frequently lethal cousin, ethylene glycol, PG is easily metabolized by the liver into normal products of the citric acid metabolic cycle, which are completely nontoxic to the body. Approximately 45 percent of any ingested PG is excreted directly from the body and never even comes into contact with the liver......
experimental and anecdotal evidence to date indicate PG to be completely non-carcinogenic, despite its “petroleum-based” origin. In a very interesting study, some unfortunate rats were fed propylene glycol at amounts equal to 5% of all of their food intake every day for two years, which is a pretty huge volume over a large portion of their lifetime. There were no observable effects on their health or behavior......
The Truth and Fiction about Propylene Glycol
Humans
The acute oral toxicity of propylene glycol is very low, and large quantities are required to cause perceptible health damage in humans; propylene glycol is metabolized in the human body into pyruvic acid (a normal part of the glucose-metabolism process, readily converted to energy), acetic acid (handled by ethanol-metabolism), lactic acid (a normal acid generally abundant during digestion),[11] and propionaldehyde (a potentially hazardous substance).[12][13][14]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propylene_glycol
5.2 Inhalation
Not relevant.
http://www.inchem.org/documents/pims/chemical/pim443.htm#SectionTitle:5.2 Inhalation
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6 mos. . .I need to clean my inside car windows everyday. I'm using 50/50 PG/VG.
Cheers,
otrpu
Since most people seem to have the opposite experience from what you are having, I hope you've been to a doctor.
It seems to be less about the vapor, and more about something specific to your conditions.
Even if the glycol is safe, what about the flavoring building up in your lungs?
Sheesh, one of the recommended vids for that was some half-a**ed "report" about a guy whose e-cig blew up in his face.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMYLTcNNQEI
this might help answer your question
Turns out the guy had built his own battery mod(unable to vent, safeties removed/broken, etc)
Anyway...
As for the video you actually linked, I'd forgotten I'd seen it before
Nope not at all! In fact, unlike smoking regular cigarettes (or analogs), which have over 400 different chemicals and over 100 different carcinogens, vaporizing is completely fine for your health and only contains 4-5 ingredients. 1. Natural and artificial flavour 2. PG or PG-Free chemical (completely safe, its what causes the vapor to be visible, you'll find this natural chemical in fog juice for fog machines, totally breathable with no adverse health effects) 3. Nicotine (optional). Now whereas nicotine alone is not a dangerous chemical, it is addictive and it can also cause nasty side effects if you do not have a tolerance to nicotine and you take in too much at once, but if you were a regular smoker before using e-cigarettes its unlikely you would have any problem, 4. Citric Acid which is used as a natural preservative, and finally 5. Water vapor, the equivalent of breathing in steam, completely harmless to the lungs. There has been no scientific evidence so far gathered of any bad long term or short term health effects of using PG, its natural substitutes used in some smoke juices, and all of the other ingredients found in the smoke juice. So there you go! No tar, no unhealthy chemicals, a baby could smoke an e-cig and be fine!
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