Second hand Vape

[jintulsa]

Should I worry about the Nic in my second hand vape affecting others around me, especially small children?

 

[Digs]

I'm no expert but from my understanding the vapor we exhale is pretty much nothing but water vapor. I wouldn't worry too much about it affecting anyone. Still, you should try to avoid getting it around small children.

 

[Dougiestyle]

Don't blow it in their face. It dissipates quickly tho. I have no problem in my conscience in vaping freely. If I'm asked not to for the sake of someone's ankle-biters, I can refrain, but WHY? There's such a tiny, immeasurable amount of nicotine in a puff of e-cig vapor that one would be unaffected for an extended pariod time of exposure to the second-hand vapor. I doubt one would become addicted to nicotine from second-hand e-cig vapor lol.

 

[WomanOfHeart]

I wouldn't worry about this. Less than 1% of the vapor exhaled contains nicotine and it disappears quickly. I've never heard of anyone getting addicted to nicotine via second-hand smoke or second-hand vapor.

 

[laffytaffy]

I agree with WomanOfHeart. I heard the same facts about less than 1% of the vapor contains nicotine.

 

[potholerepairman]

For the reason of monkey see monkey do, I would not smoke/vape in front of children but the health reasons are not a concern for me. good luck.

 

[Sandfury]

I dont even remotely worry about it. My young (9 and 7 year old) brother and sister live with me (both with breathing issues) as well as my 2 1/2 year old daughter (no breathing issues). I don't blow it in their face and thats that. I have seen a 0% increase in breathing related issues and potentially a lot less breathing issues as there is now/going forward, no smoke smell any where. Just my experience, take it as you will.

 

[AttyPops]

I've heard that small children/infants are sometimes sensitized to things by being exposed to them too early. Paradoxically, if you grew up in too sterile an environment you may not develop tolerances to things. I would keep it away from babies/infants, by vaping outside. As they grew older and their systems are more mature, they are larger and more tollerant, I'd try to "keep it down" but not worry about 2nd hand vape too much.

Who knows... this could end up being completely backwards... but it's what I would instinctively do. Someone that understands this stuff may be able to comment on how our bodies develop allergies, for example. As far as dangers of 2nd hand vaping, the data is incomplete, but probably much less of a problem than tobacco.

I've read many times that 90% of the nicotine is gone, etc. I seriously doubt that, but hey.... It's not very concentrated as 2nd hand vape (read very dilute). Also, open a window if you don't have pollen issues too.