Health effecting of vaping (non-nicotine)

[Anonymous]

DS came back from Georgetown w/ vaping kit-- e-cigarette like device and fruit flavored liquids. I have not learned any negative health effects but wonder what you may be able to share.

[Anonymous]

I'd go ballistic. I think its prep for smoking real cigarettes. Also I met someone from FDA. They are trying to get tougher regs around these items. As far as health effects you might want to see what CDC has to say about it.

Anything that mimics cigarettes is bad for teens IMO.

[Anonymous]

There are non-nicotine flavors? I thought the whole point was to create an addiction. Those things are so poorly regulated, there may or may not be nicotine in there even if the label says it isn't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd go ballistic. I think its prep for smoking real cigarettes. Also I met someone from FDA. They are trying to get tougher regs around these items. As far as health effects you might want to see what CDC has to say about it.

Anything that mimics cigarettes is bad for teens IMO.

I doubt someone who is used to vaping strawberry flavor is going to transition to smoke

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd go ballistic. I think its prep for smoking real cigarettes. Also I met someone from FDA. They are trying to get tougher regs around these items. As far as health effects you might want to see what CDC has to say about it.

Anything that mimics cigarettes is bad for teens IMO.

I doubt someone who is used to vaping strawberry flavor is going to transition to smoke

+1

[Anonymous]

No way would I allow that. Even if he is using nicotine free versions now, it won't be long before he tries one with nicotine. Nicotine addiction is awful. A growing kid especially does not need that burden.

[Anonymous]

They are used for smoking pot.

[Anonymous]

Studies have shown that gaping damages the lungs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No way would I allow that. Even if he is using nicotine free versions now, it won't be long before he tries one with nicotine. Nicotine addiction is awful. A growing kid especially does not need that burden.

Wrong .. Plenty of kids smoke hookah and never touch cigarettes

Though I'm not necessarily saying it is safe

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No way would I allow that. Even if he is using nicotine free versions now, it won't be long before he tries one with nicotine. Nicotine addiction is awful. A growing kid especially does not need that burden.

Wrong .. Plenty of kids smoke hookah and never touch cigarettes

Though I'm not necessarily saying it is safe

Not getting the hookah reference. Plenty of nicotine there.

[Anonymous]

I hear that a lot of athletes who don't wantbto smok/drink are vamping the non-nicotine stuff. I think they are going for what they perceive as the cool factor. DS trains 5 days a week for his sport and doesn't want to impact his body. That said, I can't find anything negative from a health perspective and am wondering if I ride out this fad, like I did with COD Xbox.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Studies have shown that gaping damages the lungs.

Can you cite some support for this?

[Anonymous]

https://student.societyforscience.org/article/vaping-may-harm-lungs?mode=topic&context=39


"But even an e-cigarette liquid having no nicotine disrupted the barrier function of lung cells, the team found. They don’t know why. But this is unexpected and disturbing, Petrache’s team says. The scientists suspect it may have to do with solvents and other potentially toxic materials. These chemicals are present in the flavored liquids that are inhaled through e-cigarettes."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://student.societyforscience.org/article/vaping-may-harm-lungs?mode=topic&context=39


"But even an e-cigarette liquid having no nicotine disrupted the barrier function of lung cells, the team found. They don’t know why. But this is unexpected and disturbing, Petrache’s team says. The scientists suspect it may have to do with solvents and other potentially toxic materials. These chemicals are present in the flavored liquids that are inhaled through e-cigarettes."

It's going to take a lot more research to figure out what the effects really are. I clicked on that and saw Dr. Pepper vape now I want to try it. If I wasn't afraid of severe douchebagitis I probably would.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hear that a lot of athletes who don't wantbto smok/drink are vamping the non-nicotine stuff. I think they are going for what they perceive as the cool factor. DS trains 5 days a week for his sport and doesn't want to impact his body. That said, I can't find anything negative from a health perspective and am wondering if I ride out this fad, like I did with COD Xbox.

What for? That's a lot of expense for inhaling a nasty artificial strawberry flavor. And I can't imagine that even rich college kids are dumb enough to think that it's cool to spend a lot of money to inhale something with no mind-altering effect.