Is second hand e-smoke bad for the people around me?
Is second hand e-smoke bad for the people around me?
The one bad thing I have to say about smoking e-cigs is I don't have to go outside anymore. I chain vape now
Is second hand e-smoke bad for the people around me?
I can report that my mother in law was about 4-5 feet away from me and it irratated her throat.... I've vaped around a lot of people and she's the first and only to react that way.. (and no, she's not a bad mother in law or a liar lol)
Doubtful. Exhaled vapor probably contains only 1% or less nicotine. ...
Not to play Devils Advocate here but doesnt any exhaled vapor contain the same amount of Nicotine as the inhaled vapor?
Agreed. The amount of Nicotine that is exhaled is less than the Total amount that is inhaled.
What I was referring to is that the vapor that comes out of a persons mouth when they exhale will have about the same amount of nicotine per unit volume as what they inhaled.
The reason being is that about 98% of the Nicotine that enters a persons body is done thru the mouth, throat and nasal passages. The lungs do not have the ability to absorb nicotine via moister droplets because the moister droplets are too large. Its a good thing also because otherwise a person would drowned very quickly when they vaped. Or went out on a foggy day for that matter.
This is also why when you vape there is a relatively low absorption rate of nicotine. Some say only 10% but from what I read I believe it is closer to 20%. If the lungs could absorb nicotine via vapor droplets the absorption rate would be Much higher. Exceeding that of cigarette smoke.
So when you take a hit of your PV and exhale, what you see, and what you cant see, is just unabsorbed vapor droplets which contain the same amount of nicotine as when you inhaled.
I wont comment on whether this 2nd hand vape is hazardous to other because honestly I dont think Anyone knows what the health risk is for the 1st hand vape.
Stealth Vaping would be the closest to not exhaling any nicotine at all. Since the absorption percentage approaches 100%.
If a person is concerned, it would seem the easiest thing to do is to just not vape around any individual that they might not want to become in contact with nicotine or anything else inside e-Juice.
JW50... You could very well be right in all that you say.
If the entire vapor droplet thing is puzzling to you might do some research on it. It is a very interesting phenomenon. It also lends itself to why the nicotine is basically only absorbed by the mouth, throat and nasal passages.
I'm not sure if I believe that the nicotine absorption rate is 2/3 but I will defer to your information. Saying that the value is correct, Isn't then 1/3 of the nicotine inhaled then being exhaled?
If, by your numbers, 1/3 of the nicotine is not being exhaled, where does it go?