Just because pg is used in inhalers doesn't mean it's not a cause for an asthma attack. The amount of pg in a puff or two off an inhaler is minute compared to vaping all day on some pg juice. I have asthma and couldn't handle high percentages of pg in my juice so I had to go to a 50/50 mix. I am now no longer using any inhalers, down from 3 and a nebulizer.
That's true, at least to some extent. When I first got my kayfun, I knew I had to back off my 85% PG a little; because the kayfun provides such a good throat hit all by itself, all that PG was making me cough like mad, that "grabbing" feeling in my throat that signals "grab the inhaler!" Ditto for the dripper, to an even greater degree. Now I'm using 67% PG/33% VG, and it's better, though with the higher VG percentage, now I have to deal with that thick mucusy feeling in my throat, and somewhat in my upper chest, though I do seem to be slowly acclimating to it.
Frankly I'd have to agree that vaping *could* be dangerous for an asthmatic; it's just that in my case, it's 100% harm reduction from cigarettes; having asthma already, I knew that continuing to smoke meant I was setting myself up for future COPD at the very least. I don't honestly know if I will "vape forever" as I always claim; it's possible that after a few years, I may start weaning down from nicotine with an eye to perhaps stopping or greatly curtailing the vaping. It would definitely be easier than getting off cigarettes by any means other than vaping, but I don't want to endanger my ex-smoker status whatsoever for at least a few years; cigarettes are an insidious addiction, and ex-smokers often do return to being smokers, and I would never want that to happen, so I will make absolutely certain that I'm really "weaned" before I make any efforts in that direction. For now, I vape, and enjoy the hell out of it. For the future? I don't really know; I'll keep my options open.
Andria
