E-Cigarettes Emit Toxic Vapors, Says Study (upi.com)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from UPI: All electronic cigarettes emit harmful chemicals, and levels of those toxic compounds are affected by factors such as temperature, type and age of the device, a new study finds. In laboratory tests, scientists found that the heat-related breakdown of propylene glycol and glycerin -- two solvents found in most e-cigarette liquids -- causes emissions of toxic chemicals such as acrolein, acetaldehyde and formaldehyde. All three are either respiratory irritants or carcinogens, the investigators said. The researchers also found that levels of harmful chemicals in e-cigarette vapor increase between the first few puffs and later puffs as the device gets hotter, and with each use of the device.The new study was published July 27 in the journal Environmental Science and Technology. "Advocates of e-cigarettes say emissions are much lower than from conventional cigarettes, so you're better off using e-cigarettes," study corresponding author Hugo Destaillats said in a Berkeley news release. "I would say, that may be true for certain users -- for example, long-time smokers that cannot quit -- but the problem is, it doesn't mean that they're healthier. Regular cigarettes are super unhealthy. E-cigarettes are just unhealthy," he explained. The FDA will start regulating e-cigarettes like tobacco on August 8, 2016.

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Just saving time

[Anonymous Coward]

Good morning millennial snowflakes! *

* I'm not the official millennial snowflakes guy. Just helping out. on vacation today, so trying to be as disruptive to society as possible. Have a nice day.

Re:'Carcinogenic compounds'.

[TheRealMindChild]

When something is not as bad as another thing, you shouldn't call it healthier. It is just less bad for you. For instance, "butter is less bad for you than margarine", vs "butter is healthier for you than margarine"... there is nothing healthy about butter

Drug delivery device

[kheldan]

It's a drug delivery device, that was clear from the first time I ever heard of such a thing, and as such, anyone is surprised that it 'emits toxic vapors'?

They need to be outlawed, plain and simple. They're no 'healthier' than regular smoking, just more complicated, and now we see that people in your vicinity aren't safe from them either, which makes them no better than cigarettes or any other flaming, nuisance. Just outlaw them, and keep trying to educate apparently self-destructive people that smoking is one of the worst things you can do to your body, and maybe, eventually, it'll go away completely. Although I'm cynical enough to believe that smoking will go away about the same time people stop believing in irrational things like 'god' and 'religion'.

Smokers with moderation points, and others who will now defend the totally irrational and highly self-destructive act of 'smoking' can kiss my ass. You don't have a leg to stand on. Modding this post down just proves you're irrational and can't possibly defend your disgusting, self-destructive habit. Trying to argue to me that it's your 'freedom of choice' likewise confirms that you're irrational and self-destructive, and perhaps someone should actively stop you from your self-destructive habit; you're mentally ill.