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Hugh_Lebowski

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8. Other than exactly the nature of the food-grade flavoring in what I vape

Reply to Aussie105 (Reply #2)

Tue Oct 12, 2021, 08:10 PM

Oct 2021

I know exactly what is 'in it'.

Vape fluid is Vegetable Glycerin (60-100%), Propylene Glycol(40-0%), Nicotine (0 to 12mg/L), and food flavoring.

There's no mystery other than the flavoring.

The 'sticky mess' is vegetable glycerin. It has some slippery, oil-like qualities but is devoid of actual lipids ... basically it's vegetable oil with all the fat/oil removed.

Nobody knows for sure yet it's 'safe' ... so when you say 'they are not safe' ... the reality is ... you don't know that.

It's addictive though, no question there.

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FDA authorizes first e-cigarette, cites benefit for smokers [View all] BumRushDaShow Oct 2021 OP

I smoked for 50 years and... S/V Loner Oct 2021 #1

Same here SoCalNative Oct 2021 #3

I have no cravings to go back to cigarettes. S/V Loner Oct 2021 #13

yep. me too. nt BootinUp Oct 2021 #21

Me too. 8 years next January 9th. displacedtexan Oct 2021 #26

They are not safe. Aussie105 Oct 2021 #2

Where have I read that before? OilemFirchen Oct 2021 #4

They may be useful as a means to an end BlueIdaho Oct 2021 #5

When you say 'not impressed', do you mean the doc has done comprehensive before/after testing? Hugh_Lebowski Oct 2021 #9

Well for starters The FDA itself BlueIdaho Oct 2021 #12

"FDA says vaping is no safer than smoking" ... where do they say that? Hugh_Lebowski Oct 2021 #14

Your addiction it talking BlueIdaho Oct 2021 #15

So you got nothing ... but the proverbial sound and fury Hugh_Lebowski Oct 2021 #17

No... BlueIdaho Oct 2021 #20

Vaping is much better than smoking. Phoenix61 Oct 2021 #22

Other than exactly the nature of the food-grade flavoring in what I vape Hugh_Lebowski Oct 2021 #8

They did find a test group- LunaSea Oct 2021 #29

Thanks, I'd be keen to read it if you have a link :) nt Hugh_Lebowski Oct 2021 #30

If I vape, I'll smoke, and chew, and use the patch, sometimes all at once SouthernDem4ever Oct 2021 #6

Someone has been bought. Q.E.D. Ford_Prefect Oct 2021 #7

"makes clear the degree of damage this product causes" Hugh_Lebowski Oct 2021 #10

Non existant. don't hold thy breath. nt BootinUp Oct 2021 #19

I love it! LiberatedUSA Oct 2021 #16

Big tobacco has never been found to tell the truth about any product they pedal. Ford_Prefect Oct 2021 #23

I don't have an addiction. LiberatedUSA Oct 2021 #25

+ 1 RamblingRose Oct 2021 #27

No Thanks MiniMe Oct 2021 #11

This news kind of made my day. nt BootinUp Oct 2021 #18

I KNEW IT Withywindle Oct 2021 #24

I Bet They Promised To Include Vuse Money In Their MSA Payments. ruet Oct 2021 #28