The majority of the e-liquids on the market consist of just four ingredients: propylene glycol, vegetable glycerin, nicotine and flavors. As you’re about to learn, all four of those vape juice ingredients are things that you most likely consume or use every day.
What is in vape juice?
The vape juice is heated in e-cigarettes and vape rigs, and it creates an aerosol that users inhale. Vape juice comes in a variety of flavours, including candy, bubblegum and children’s cereals.
Almost all vape liquid contains nicotine, which is addictive and harmful to adolescent brain development, and vaping aerosols contain chemicals linked to serious lung disease, and heavy metals.
How do vape flavour affect teens?
As a specialist in heart disease, Blaha treats patients who have urgent reasons to quit smoking cigarettes. These patients are often older adults who may have heart disease associated with smoking, and Blaha says they are motivated to quit.
For the smaller group of adults who have unsuccessfully tried all strategies approved by the Food and Drug Administration to stop smoking, vaping and using e-cigarettes may help them kick the habit. Some prefer using flavoured vape products as a way to help quit smoking, with the ultimate goal of complete cessation from all tobacco products.
Is vape juice safe?
Some of these additives found in e-liquid are dangerous — even deadly. For example, vitamin E acetate has been indicated in EVAL I, which stands for e-cigarette or vaping product use associated lung injury. This is a potentially fatal syndrome associated with vaping, and it was on the rise in 2019. Vitamin E acetate is OK to eat, but dangerous to inhale.
“So when it comes to inhaling vape juice, we don’t know what’s ‘safe.’ You may be able to eat something safely, but if you inhale it, there may be a harmful effect.”
Inhaling harmful substances can affect more than just the lungs. Some vaping enthusiasts describe a phenomenon called vaper’s tongue, which causes a sudden full or partial loss of the ability to taste.
