Medical Concerns?

Is Vaping safe?
Dr. Sandra Fryhofer from Medicine Matters gives her take on the subject.

As I have mentioned previously, one of the ingredients in the liquid used for vaping is polyethylene glycol. This chemical is used for theatrical smoke, but it is also an FDA approved additive in foods that can also be found in deodorants, moisturizers, and toothpaste.

"The new study in Tobacco Control analyzed vapors from a dozen brands and also found some toxic substances, but at levels 9 to 450 times lower than in regular cigarette smoke, implying that vaping may be safer than smoking."

Dr. Sandra Fryhofer concludes by saying some of the e-liquid brands have traces of other bad chemicals and that there is no conclusive data on the risks. More studies have to be completed.

 I won't directly state my opinion of which is worse. Instead I'll give you a list of some of the 7,000 ingredients that are in cigarettes. Which I might also add that 69 of those chemicals are directly linked to cancer...

From the American Lung Association
Here are a few of the chemicals in tobacco smoke, and other places they are found:

• Acetone – found in nail polish remover
• Acetic Acid –  an ingredient in hair dye
• Ammonia – a common household cleaner
• Arsenic – used in rat poison
• Benzene – found in rubber cement
• Butane – used in lighter fluid
• Cadmium – active component in battery acid
• Carbon Monoxide – released in car exhaust fumes
• Formaldehyde – embalming fluid
• Hexamine – found in barbecue lighter fluid
• Lead – used in batteries
• Naphthalene – an ingredient in moth balls
• Methanol – a main component in rocket fuel
• Nicotine – used as insecticide
• Tar – material for paving roads
• Toluene - used to manufacture paint

Just how many are there?

I'm talking about Vape Shops. Just how popular has vaping become? 

Maybe if you stopped in one of the stores one day vaping would catch your interest too. 

Here is a list of all the stores in the surrounding area. Did you know there were so many?

To check out a list of stores and their locations you can visit E-Cigarette Vendors

Vape Solution

The Vape Shop

Vaping Xtreme

Fox Hole Vape Shop

Carolina E-Cigs

The Vape Loft

http://www.celticvapesllc.com/photos.html

Juice Menu

Probably the most enticing parts of vaping is being able to pick a flavor. The fun part is that you don't have to stick to just one. They have flavors that are just like a cigarette, and they have flavors that taste like certain foods, and they have flavors that don't really make sense at all.

I went to a local store and here are the flavors they had to choose from which they refer to as their "Juice Menu":

Andromeda - Sweet tasty pomegranates and perfectly blended with an unforgettable taste of blueberries mashed with a creamy flavor.
Astro - The fruit vape you've been looking for.    Apples and strawberries join forces in this tantalizing flavor.

Eclipse - Semi-sweet tobacco mix with salted cream.
Omega - Is a sophisticated blend of spiced peaches and sweet cream that will take you out if this world.

http://www.celticvapesllc.com/photos.html

​Pluto - Is our newest creation.    Wait till you try this refreshing melon and bubble gum

Starship 1 - ​Is a decadent vanilla custard topped with ripe tropical kiwi.

Afterglow - A sweet amd slightly tropical feeling, blend of pineapple, watermelon, and strawberry.

Brawndo - Mango, peach amd a hint of lime... It's got what vapers crave.

Chakra - A moist and delicious pineapple upside down cake

Blue Heaven - Blueberries and cream

Enlightenment - A complex Fruit blend with honeydew melon as the main attraction.
Jerry bears - Strawberry gummy bears

Peachy Keen - Peaches and cream

Yin Yang - Cool menthol and red hot cinnamon

Mandala -  Pomegranate, kiwi, and marshmallow
Meditation -This cool and clean key lime pie flavor will keep you centered.
Tao - Raspberry, pomegranate, and honey dew.

Actually, I'm going to stop right there. If you want to see the full menu, just click on "Juice Menu" above and it'll take you straight to their site!

Nicotine

What are you inhaling out of the vaporizer?

The answer to that is nicotine.
One thing to always keep in mind is that nicotine is a poison.
Numerous children and adults have been poisoned from the liquid you put in vaporizers.


When you buy a vaporizer you routinely fill it up with liquid.
The liquid is a mixture of propylene glycol with food safe coloring.
The liquid contains different levels of nicotine. You can buy liquid with anything from no nicotine to 24 mg/ml.

Keep in mind that the
average amount of nicotine in a cigarette is around 9 to 16 mg depending on what type of cigarette you smoke.

The fun thing about vaporizers is that the liquids come in different flavors as well. There are so many that I couldn't even list a fraction of them on this post. I will get into that as well as nicotine safety later!

FIRST.. Let's go over the basics.

I want to start by describing what you are seeing in the picture to your right. On the left you see an ordinary cigarette. In the middle you see an Electronic Cigarette/E-cigarette. Last you see a Vaporizer. For this particular blog we will be describing a Vaporizer as shown in the picture.

What is "Vaping?"

Vaping is defined is the act of inhaling vapor from E-cigarettes. Instead of smoking cigarettes
and inhaling smoke, you are inhaling vapor from the
E-cigarette, thus coining the term vaping.