New vaper, Questions about vapor toxicity?

[CarpeMares]

I apologize if this has been discussed, and let me please state that this is not a troll. I have been vaping in an attempt to quit smoking and part of the allure is the ability to feel that I can safely vape indoors, even having a child nearby..

I went to a restaurant this week that had a sign forbidding e-cigarettes specifically. I wanted to complain, so I was looking for material about the safety of e-cig vapor, and happened upon a document stating just the opposite.

I am unable to post links, but it was at no smoke org

The document is sourced by some anti-smoking groups and has a lot of references, but purports that e-cigarette vapor is harmful due to the burning of propylene glycol as well as particulate matter that includes metals as well as nicotene concentrations above what a normal cigarette smoke would contain. Can someone give me "our" side of this story?

 

[joesquid]

Here's a good unbiased view from one of the top hospitals in the country.

THE CASE FOR OR AGAINST E-CIGARETTES: WHAT THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SAYS | Feature Stories | Cancer Prevention National Newsletter and Web Site

 

[SunshinePete]

Nothing is burnt in an e-cigarette so there is no question of harmful combustion residues. Welcome to the forum!

 

[Rahulioo]

For the most part vaping is quite safe if you're nicotine free. Basically when glycerine is heated it's only by product is water. Before you think it's putting water in your lungs the actual heat given off by the coils will dry your lungs out.

If you're vaping in public nicotine free you literally aren't harming anybody or anything!

Welcome to ECF

 

[InTheShade]

I'd recommend a look around Learn About Electronic Cigarettes for information. (link is to CASAA)

Just remember that as a private business they can pretty much decide what happens on their property regardless of the evidence.

 

[eratikmind]

Personally, vaping is a form of harm reduction for me. If nothing else, I feel much better since I freed myself from the grip of the nails.

I will not vape indoors around people or in close proximity to people while outdoors . . . As I have no desire to expose them to my vapor.

Safe or not . . . Definitively, it may be some time before we really know the whole story.

 

[Warpigs]

Welcome to ECF!