CA: Bill introduced to legally equate e-cigs to cigarettes.

[beevul]

70. Some information on whats in E-juice.

I'm an e-cig user, and have been for a few months now.

My other half and I switched, after both smoking analogues for between 20 and 30 years.

Before we switched, we did a great deal of research into what is in E-cig juice.

Propylene glycol. Known as PG for short in vaping circles. This is one of the things used in nebulizers for asthma and in lung transplant recipients. It is a germicide. Not harmful for inhalation first or second hand.

Vegetable glycerin. Known as VG for short in vaping circles. Used in foods, make up, pharmaceuticals, and a whole lot of other things. Not harmful what so ever.

Some e-juices are pure PG. Some are pure VG. Most are a blend. because one of them gives good throat hit, and one produces good vapor - so they get mixed to produce both, in a lot of cases. Some juices, like "Boba's bounty" are pure VG and thick like syrup lol.

Flavorings. I wouldn't think there should be much objection to these. They have aromas far more pleasant than most perfumes or aftershave. I vape cinnamon danish flavored juice as my all day vape, and strawberry flavored occasionally. The cinnamon has a cinnamon scent, though not strong, and the strawberry has a strawberry scent. I have been told repeatedly, that both are pleasant, both by smokers and non-smokers alike.

Nicotine. Stigmatized because of tobacco. "poison", some call it. Roughly equivalent to caffeine in its effect at dosages that people vape. Tests have shown that people get no appreciable amount second hand, from people vaping.

So what you have, is puritanical objection to a behavior that the objectors disagree with, and whatever justification can be contrived to support it. Even in cases where someone is vaping a non nicotine vape, which many do.

I urge everyone to play this video, and go to the 35 minute mark, and watch. Its an anecdote, but it is representative of so many RL and online anecdotes from those with asthma and allergies that I've run into.