Nicotine In My Lungs? Oh No!

[GPSTrucker]

Had a very, very strange conversation a couple of days ago. I was standing outside chatting with some of my fellow drivers who were out smoking. One fellow points to my PV and says "You know that thing is putting nicotine right into your lungs" as he took a puff on his analog.

I'm almost positive a huge cartoon question mark appeared floating above my head. The remark made absolutely no sense to me at all. I should say I have a very, very limited patience with overt stupidity.

I asked him what he meant, being sure the answer would kill a few of my brain cells in an attempt to make sense of it.

He repeated his statement and followed it up with "You shouldn't be putting all that nicotine straight into your lungs, it'll kill you".

Yep, I was right, I could feel a few dozen brain cells expiring.

I pointed to the foul smelling thing he was happily puffing on and, with a sheer feat of will to not yell at him, explained that it was not only putting more nicotine into his lungs than my PV, but also a few thousand other nasty chemicals along with it.

He said "Yeah but it isn't shooting nicotine straight into my lungs".

A few more brain cells died of sheer frustration.

I took a deep breath and asked him just what the BLANK he was talking about.

What followed was a few completely irrational and nonsensical sentences that might have had some basis in fact in an insane asylum on another planet in an alternate universe.

I asked him if he had read ANYTHING factual, at all, about vapor and vaping.

Nope, he just knew what he had "heard". Translation: He knows nothing, wants to know nothing, believes what he believes, and doesn't want it muddled with facts.

I finally just told him he doesn't have the slightest idea what the BLANK he is talking about and I would really appreciate it if he would just mind his own business and keep his ignorant opinion to himself.

I walked away with a couple of the other guys, rubbing my temples and hoping some of the brain cells revived.

 

[oxygen thief]

You know you could black top a road with that tar going straight to your lungs? Some smokers I've known are oblivious. One friends mother when we were in high school said she wouldn't get lung cancer if she laid on her back when smoking. haha! On the other hand she was a single mom raising three boys in a small town and I respected her more than anyone I knew.

 

[Thayamax]

That is so unbelievable it's hilarious! Misinformation abounds about ecigs, but that one is the best/worst I've heard yet. I'm pretty sure some of my brain cells croaked just reading it. As they say...you can't fix stupid.

 

[AgentAnia]

OMG... I think a few of my own brain cells exploded just reading your story (though I'm laughing so hard I can't really tell...) Just omg...

A facepalm just isn't enough...

 

[Myk]

Someone needs to video record some conversations from smokers like this to show what the ANTZ and their BS propaganda is doing.
It's not making people quit smoking, it's keeping them from quitting.

 

[bluecat]

Got to admit.. That is funny.

 

[DaveP]

What I've read in multiple articles is that nicotine in cigarettes is delivered through tiny nicotine coated ash particles that actually enter the alveoli (air sacs) in the lungs. OTOH, the water vapor mist from an ecig is said to contain droplets that are too large to move down the tubes in the progressively smaller bronchial tree and enter the alveoli. Not that much is absorbed through the lungs. The mist condenses on the interior of the bronchial tubes and is later expelled through breathing and air exchange when you exhale. If you want a big nic hit from an ecig, exhale through the nose.

Most nicotine from an ecig is absorbed through mucous membranes, similar to snuff, Nicorette gum, or chewing tobacco. You don't actually have to inhale to get the nic. Just hold it in your mouth and blow it out and you get the nic.

So, now you have something to tell your buddy. That should be perplexing for him. He's the one taking it straight from the smoke, into the air sacs, through the lungs and heart, and then right up the jugular to the brain. Most of your nic is absorbed by the mucous membranes in your mouth. Most of your nic takes a different route and gets absorbed more slowly into your system.

Causes, Smoking: Killers in smoke :: DNA Learning Center

Description:
In this section the suspected cancer-causing agents (carcinogens) - including polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), nitrosamines, and heavy metals found in cigarettes will be introduced.
Transcript:
Killers in smoke With each puff, a cigarette smoker inhales over 60 known or suspected cancer-causing agents (carcinogens) – including polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), nitrosamines, and heavy metals. Smoke moves with inhaled air down the respiratory tract – from the trachea to the bronchi, and then branching into ever-smaller bronchioles. The bronchioles end in alveoli sacs where nicotine, carbon monoxide, and other gases in cigarette smoke are exchanged with the blood. Smoke particles (soot) and gases are trapped in mucous that lines the cells of the respiratory tract. Hair-like projections (cilia) beat to sweep particles out of the lungs. Smoke slows down and paralyzes cilia, impairing the lung’

 

[donesmokin]

LMFAO! Bet he was a republican. Great story and thanks for the laugh!

 

[Ryedan]

As they say...you can't fix stupid.

This exactly.

 

[Jackstraw]

It is funny, but also sad. People think they are experts on a subject because somebody told them something. Whenever someone starts a statement with, " Well everyone knows that (insert bs crud here). I know I am talking to someone who really isn't informed.

 

[DC2]

That sounds like so much fun!!


Why don't these things ever happen to me?

 

[GPSTrucker]

My thanks to those that acknowledged the humor in this. It was a frustrating, infuriating conversation but I did try to inject a bit of humor into the telling.

I wrote a short story back in the 80s, the gist of which was a fellow finds out, through s series of improbable events, that planet Earth is actually the Galaxy's insane asylum. I have yet to be convinced it isn't true.

 

[AngiBe]

For your ignorant aquaintance....

 

[StarsAndBars]

LMFAO! Bet he was a republican. Great story and thanks for the laugh!

Sorry bro, but.......what?

 

[Caridwen]

That sounds like so much fun!!


Why don't these things ever happen to me?

Come on over to my house DC- I'll let you meet my BIL. He says stuff like that all the time.

 

[DC2]

Come on over to my house DC- I'll let you meet my BIL. He says stuff like that all the time.

Where do you live? And are those your shoes?