People also forget about the products of the combustion of the substances in normal cigarettes, when you burn them, all that shit gets even worse (eg: tar)
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Mnem667@sh.itjust.works 2 days agoPretty sure no legitimate nicotine vapor devices ever used or contained vitamin e.
Nor will they.
Sure, there’s some unknowns in the industry, but it’s been around for 20 years now. The basic forms of e liquid are all GRAS, and unless you are burning the cap out of your coil or using nonstandard ingredients, this is a much safer means of nicotine compared to smoking.
No one in their mind will say it’s safe or healthy, but it’s a means of lowering risk.
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TwilightKiddy@programming.dev 2 days ago
Yea, THC vapes are also illegal in most jurisdictions. People still buy and use them.
Yet I know of no studies that would look into health of people who are exclusively vaping across even a 5 year span. It’s not “some unknowns”, we barely know anything about it.
This is one of the most wild takes I’ve heard. Something being safe to eat or put on your skin does not mean you can inhale it and expect no harm. One of the most common examples would be benzaldehyde, which is used as a food additive and in vapes, as a gas it causes irritation to respiratory passages.
The worst part is that sometimes you don’t even have to specify a lot of it in the list of ingredients. You can read article 4.2.2.1 of this document, for example.
And nicotine patches beat both of those by a mile in this regard.
The best way of lowering the risk is using proper, well established methods for quitting smoking before resorting to something like vaping.