What if....vaping were good for you!

[MrSmith99]

I have heard a few people on ECF claim they have got less colds because of vaping. I'm a little skeptical of that. But Wikipedia does say a study found PG to be a good air-germicide and could do just such things in mice. Might it also help kill germs that cause bad breath, cavities, and other maladies? It would be fascinating to see a small study done on vapers vs controls to see who had more colds, cavities, and other illnesses per year.

I'm sure there are some down-sides to vaping we just don't know about yet. But wouldn't it be great if the upsides were bigger! Thoughts?

 

[Stu99]

I will say that when I did smoke analogs, I got bronchitis at least once a year. Since I have quit smoking I have not gotten it once in a year. Coincidence? Maybe, maybe not.

stu

 

[rothenbj]

In two years I've had one short lived cold. I was always good for a change of season three week coughing cold in the fall/winter followed by winter/spring. It could be vaping or just the fact that I'm not smoking.

 

[Kams Cats]

It would be great.

right now the problem is that the overall benefit of stopping smoking will overshadow everything.

 

[VaporChef]

I can say this: usually during the Northeast winter my nasal passages get horribly dried out, and I often get nosebleeds.

This is the first winter I was vaping - and I have not used my neti pot once, nor any Ponaris (an oil-based nasal emollient that's so aromatic from essential oils it'll roto-rooter your head and make you think you were drinking pine trees). Not a single nosebleed this year. I think the vapor is good for my sinuses (which I've had surgically rearranged).

I don't usually get sick anyway (credit to good gene pool and diet) so I can't claim it's helped me avoid a cold. I did actually come down with something recently, but it wasn't much and didn't last long. That broke my 3-year stretch without catching anything. But I have read this so often on ECF - people who usually get sick during the winter who suddenly are noticing they didn't catch anything...

If vaping could prevent cavities, I'd do it for the rest of my life!

 

[meems]

This is going ot be a tough one to figure out if it's from not smoking, or from vaping. I quit long before I started using an ecig (used chantix, then nicotrol inhalers)..had one cold in 4 yrs. & it was VERY mild.

 

[Iluvthearmy]

I am incredibly active everyday. 5 mile runs every other day-85 pound 12 mile ruck marches-and father of a 4 and 12 year old. I have never felt better than I do now after vaping a 70/30 blend for 4 months. Vaping may not be officialy "good for you" but life has never felt as easy as it does right now. No more daily migrains no more throwing up during runs from over exertion. Even if it's just in my mind, I'm gonna keep telling myself that vaping IS good for me.