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Research into second hand emissions from cigarettes and e-cigarettes (Abstract) has found that while there is a tenfold decrease in overall exposure to carcinogenic particulate matter from e-cigarettes compared to cigarettes, there were increased levels of certain toxic metals. The researchers noted that more of this came from the device itself as opposed to the liquid used in the device.
In recent years, electronic cigarettes have gained increasing popularity as alternatives to normal (tobacco-containing) cigarettes. In the present study, particles generated by e-cigarettes and normal cigarettes have been analyzed and the degree of exposure to different chemical agents and their emission rates were quantified. Despite the 10-fold decrease in the total exposure to particulate elements in e-cigarettes compared to normal cigarettes, specific metals (e.g. Ni and Ag) still displayed a higher emission rate from e-cigarettes. Further analysis indicated that the contribution of e-liquid to the emission of these metals is rather minimal, implying that they likely originate from other components of the e-cigarette device or other indoor sources. Organic species had lower emission rates during e-cigarette consumption compared to normal cigarettes. Of particular note was the non-detectable emission of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from e-cigarettes, while substantial emission of these species was observed from normal cigarettes. Overall, with the exception of Ni, Zn, and Ag, the consumption of e-cigarettes resulted in a remarkable decrease in secondhand exposure to all metals and organic compounds. Implementing quality control protocols on the manufacture of e-cigarettes would further minimize the emission of metals from these devices and improve their safety and associated health effects.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Snow on Friday August 29 2014, @04:15PM
If your comment was genuine, I apologise. The internet sucks for conservational tone. I interpreted it as snarky. Let me try to answer your question:
1) Yes, she probabaly does like the e-cig, because now he no longer smells like tobacco. He also likly coughs less, and is generally helthier.
2) Im' sure his wife doesn't care about the nicotine addition. It's not the addition to nicotine, is the smoking that comes with it.
3) How could you not like smoking water? Jesus could only walk on water. I can SMOKE it.
Based on your questions, it is really unreasonable to assume you were trying for snarky?
(Score: 1) by takyon on Friday August 29 2014, @04:27PM
Water would be referring to no nicotine additive in the e-cig, just the flavoring or whatever. Plus those are options, not questions, so I still want to hear from crAckZ
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