I also posted this at RTV:
Ok... so I will sadly admit this outloud that until yesterday I was unaware that PG was in CIGARETTES! Yes... tobacco cigarettes. So I started doing a little investigating and I found this Tobacco Documents | Profiles | Additives | Propylene Glycol
What I find particularly interesting is this:
"Evidence had been collected by Philip Morris in the 1950s that propylene glycol when added to the filler gives a milder smoke. In 1958 Philip Morris judges found cigarettes having propylene glycol and TEG to be milder as compared with those using glycerine."
I think there is an argument to be made here that studies of cigarettes, while they are skewed in looking at pg because of all the other additives, PG has been used as an inhalant before and there is nothing "new" about pg being smoked. TA DA! What does everyone else think? Anyone know of any studies?
Ok... so I will sadly admit this outloud that until yesterday I was unaware that PG was in CIGARETTES! Yes... tobacco cigarettes. So I started doing a little investigating and I found this Tobacco Documents | Profiles | Additives | Propylene Glycol
What I find particularly interesting is this:
"Evidence had been collected by Philip Morris in the 1950s that propylene glycol when added to the filler gives a milder smoke. In 1958 Philip Morris judges found cigarettes having propylene glycol and TEG to be milder as compared with those using glycerine."
I think there is an argument to be made here that studies of cigarettes, while they are skewed in looking at pg because of all the other additives, PG has been used as an inhalant before and there is nothing "new" about pg being smoked. TA DA! What does everyone else think? Anyone know of any studies?