Just this weekend, at a scuba diving event, I sat in a little lounge area vaping and about 5 people took turns in either asking or stating about things they've heard or firmly believe...

"That stuff gives you water in your lungs which will kill you" to which I answered "then everyone should stop showering immediately"

"It's unnatural to inhale something other than air" to which I answered "Whenever you go outside, you're inhaling stuff other than air. Close to a road? Hello carbon monoxide. Close to petroleum plant? Sure, that's just pure O2 billowing from those flaming towers."

"You'll get oil on your lungs which can't be absorbed" to which I answered "There is no oil present in e-liquids (at least the one's I know of)"

"You don't know what goes into that juice" to which I answered "Since I buy local DIY juices, I know more about what goes into that juice than I do about what goes into stuff I eat. Every. Day."

"Glycerine might be a food grade product at room temperature, but when you heat it up you have no idea what it becomes" to which I answered "It's a food grade product. Food grade. In fact, might even be medical grade. Do you never heat up your food?"

"Propylene Glycol releases Formaldehyde at vaping temperatures, which will kill you faster than cigarettes" to which I answered "Formaldehyde has only been found at above-normal temps and voltages at which point the vapor would taste like crap and vaping would cease. No normal person will just carry on vaping in that situation."
if i remember correctly formaldehyde is produced from stinkies as well but at much higher concentrates even if it was from vaping im convinced at a lot smaller concentration anyways as an ex smoker i can deal with that as acceptable risk to myself
 
Another great comment is that "Nicotine causes cancer", which is a MASSIVE misconception. Nicotine on it's own is NOT a carcinogen, although once again when over heated it can produce Formaldehyde which is obviously a biocide and listed carcinogen. Improperly combusted tar, which is carbon black, is however a carcinogen present in cigarette smoke so it's not something new.

That being said, it's believed that burnt toast (which is really just carbon) may also be carcinogenic, which once again shows how people take one small thing and completely blow it out of proportion for, in this case, monetary gains, but no one stops to think how these very same things are encountered in much larger doses on a daily basis. Near-drowning victims take big gulps of water into their lungs, and they're all fine and dandy. IF water was at all present in vapor, why on earth would the small percentage that condenses (which already does not make sense since warm vapor condenses on cold surfaces, not the other way around) have any effect whatsoever?

Paranoia is the real killer here.
 
Guys, you know what really bothers me, is the fact that people who does not know anything about it will make as if they suddenly know more than you or anybody else! It seriously pisses me of.
If they did their research, they'd understand that it's very very safe.

Proplene Glycol was released in 1937 to pest killers in the US to also kill bacteria. In 1947 it was aproved by the FDA and released to hospitals in their cleaning stuff. Also to kill bacteria that can potensially harm their patients.. Today it's found in Asthma inhalers, e juice, cakes(kids eat it) and many other products.

The same people telling it's bad, puts VG on their babies gums when growing teath. What about that one?!

That very same people does not care when their kids are standing next to a braai on a Sunday afternoon. That's REAL smoke for f.. Sakes!

Tell this to the people who does not get it... Let's see what they say then.

Blessings everybody! Let's happily vape!
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I had a guy tell me vaping was super bad for me while he was holding a camel filter in his hand. I merrily walked away and farted in his general direction.
 
I had a guy tell me vaping was super bad for me while he was holding a camel filter in his hand. I merrily walked away and farted in his general direction.

Nice, cropdusting. Still smells better than his stinkies. Hope you were upwind :D
 
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