Vaping safety: Do you worry about carcinogens?

[Tortus]

I've gotten into the habit of changing the cotton in my coils often. Once it gets black I have to think it's sending carcinogens up with the vapor.

Also, what about super-high watts and dry hits? Could these pose potential health risks? I don't see the point in running coils over 30w unless you have a multiple coil setup or nickel. People in youtube reviews crank everything sub-ohm way up.

 

[QU1T]

I've gotten into the habit of changing the cotton in my coils often. Once it gets black I have to think it's sending carcinogens up with the vapor.

Also, what about super-high watts and dry hits? Could these pose potential health risks? I don't see the point in running coils over 30w unless you have a multiple coil setup or nickel. People in youtube reviews crank everything sub-ohm way up.

Have you tried washing and examining the cotton? - I find that any black will fade or simply vanish.

As for high wattage, if you run claptons etc. you need lots of power, otherwise I would agree with you,
I don't go above 22w, but I single coil and vape very little now days, so as an ex smoker, the rest does not worry me when compared to the damage cigs do and did, harm reduction n all that.

 

[bussdriver]

As long as I don't start setting my juice and wick on fire, it's gonna be a whole lot less risk than smoking. Nothing we do is completely safe but we try to minimize the risk. Anytime the coil and wick overheats, a danger exists that other compounds can be created. It's not the power you use, it's how hot you get the thing. Larger coils, lower gauge wire, good wicking and good airflow over the coil is really what's created the need/desire for such high powered mods.

Do I worry? No. If I overheat my stuff, it tastes horrible. The black gunk you are seeing is probably more darkened/burnt juice than it is burnt cotton. Burnt cotton tastes horrible and when it gets that hot you will most certainly know it. Go ahead and change the wicks if you want. At the very least it'll taste better.

 

[K_Tech]

Have you tried washing and examining the cotton? - I find that any black will fade or simply vanish.

True. Unless you're burning your cotton, that reside on the wick is just leftover gunk from the e-liquid that didn't get vaporized.

 

[Bunnykiller]

Id like to know of just 1 thing that is 100% safe.....

 

[D. Waterhouse]

No, but I used to smoke and didn't worry about it then either.

 

[motordude]

I personally think some people like to worry.

 

[Froth]

I've gotten into the habit of changing the cotton in my coils often. Once it gets black I have to think it's sending carcinogens up with the vapor.

After sucking on cigarettes for over a decade which I knew for a fact contained 43 known identified carcinogens I worry not one little bit about my vape or vapor. Some of my coils and gunky wicks would probably make you sick looking at them if I'm entirely honest.

Also, what about super-high watts and dry hits? Could these pose potential health risks? I don't see the point in running coils over 30w unless you have a multiple coil setup or nickel. People in youtube reviews crank everything sub-ohm way up.

For what it's worth, I've been vaping at 100w heavily for over a year and at this point honestly the discussion of low versus high wattage really has gotten very very old, not everyone vapes the same just like not everyone smoked the same cigarettes nor does everyone drive the same car. With vaping you get choice and you are free to use 30W of power just as I'm free to use 100W I guess the difference being I wouldn't ask why someone vapes the way they do or question it in the least.

Do you drive down the road in fear of every car around you hitting you?

 

[Robino1]

Once I've experienced a true dry hit and try Very hard to not get another. It's about as bad as lighting the wrong side of a cigarette....Nasty!!! When the wick is burned, it must be changed or the Nasty will stay with the vapor.

Let's not start a high watt/sub ohm vs whatever debate here. Thanks!!

 

[93gc40]

No. But then I wasn't and am not worried about the carcinogens from smoking either...... I live on the planet Earth, where the very air, all full of volcanic gasses and other NATURAL carcinogens, is trying to kill me every time I take a breathe.

 

[cllmda]

YES DRY HITS are a potential hazard,I read it in a vaping study,BUT the researcher himself said "how many dry hits do u actually get and how long do they actually LAST" (ie.no big deal because short and pretty rare- it tastes so awful that people stop as soon as they get a dry hit and try their best to not repeat.... thus it's not enough to cause a true health risk IRL)

 

[LMS62]

[QUOTE="Tortus, post: 17017106, member: 24266
I don't see the point in running coils over 30w unless you have a multiple coil setup or nickel. People in youtube reviews crank everything sub-ohm way up.[/QUOTE]

I know this will sound rude, but I have to say it. I routinely vape kanthal, single coil set-ups, well over 30w, and I don't give a damn whether you or anyone else sees the point in how I prefer to vape.

 

[anavidfan]

[QUOTE="Tortus, post: 17017106, member: 24266
I don't see the point in running coils over 30w unless you have a multiple coil setup or nickel. People in youtube reviews crank everything sub-ohm way up.

I know this will sound rude, but I have to say it. I routinely vape kanthal, single coil set-ups, well over 30w, and I don't give a damn whether you or anyone else sees the point in how I prefer to vape.[/QUOTE]

It seems like its always some sort of "us vs THEM" Used to be egos vs MODs. Cartos vs 510 atties, then tanks versus drippers, silica vs cotton. High VG vs high PG.

Then the Variable voltage came out, then it was egos vs VV, mechs vs reg. VV vs VW.... Seems as much as we are trying to have the freedom to vape, but we dont respect each other. How can we expect the non-vapers to understand why we need to have the right to choose.

Sometimes we are our own worst enemies....

 

[rhm3769]

No, but I used to smoke and didn't worry about it then either.

Plus, I didn't and don't worry about secondhand smoke.... Just in my family, all four grandparents smoked inside, multiple aunts and uncles smoked inside, my dad smoked inside.... 16 years of forced secondhand smoke exposure before I started a 10+ year habit of smoking and I had no issues.... Personally, I know no one with any ailments or negatives from smoking or secondhand smoke.... Even my brother, who has asthma smoked and it didn't cause him any problems.... So I don't worry about any of it, if I was going to get cancer, there's a multitude of uncontrollable factors so worrying is useless....
Alcohol problems run in my family, thus why I hardly ever drink anymore....

 

[AndriaD]

I do worry about carcinogens. That's why I switched to vaping.

Andria

 

[beckdg]

Do you drive down the road in fear of every car around you hitting you?

I do.

But it's my job to keep the drivers of all the cars around me alive despite their best efforts.

Tapatyped

 

[beckdg]

It seems like its always some sort of "us vs THEM"

Funny how often it's folks "trying to save their freedom to choose".

The irony...
The ridiculousness...

Tapatyped

 

[BreSha6869]

I do worry about carcinogens. That's why I switched to vaping.

Andria

Same here.

Even if it is proven beyond a shadow of a doubt by reliable sources that vaping is very bad for you, there is no way it will be even close to the ill effects to health that smoking provides. Vaping made me quit smoking a pack a day cold turkey after 30 years and I am good with vaping not being as safe as inhaling filtered air in a sealed bubble.

 

[AndriaD]

Same here.

Even if it is proven beyond a shadow of a doubt by reliable sources that vaping is very bad for you, there is no way it will be even close to the ill effects to health that smoking provides. Vaping made me quit smoking a pack a day cold turkey after 30 years and I am good with vaping not being as safe as inhaling filtered air in a sealed bubble.

Yep.. because who'd want to live in a sealed bubble??? Not me! Though since I quit smoking, some of the smells I've encountered have made it seem a very pleasant idea.

I also wouldn't want to exist on kale and spring water.

Andria

 

[roxynoodle]

I do avoid certain metals, but not because of carcinogens. I'm a little leary of using an atty with brass or copper on the inside. It may be lead free, but a lot of my attys are made cheaply in China so I don't want to chance it. I'm also leary of aluminum drip tips. Maybe those aren't a concern, but I figure its an easily avoidable risk.