http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/314...-to-your-health"E-cigarettes, the seemingly innocent alternative to the real thing, may not be that harmless after all, the Food and Drug Administration said as it issued an advisory identifying the "volatile" substances in the device and its emitted smoke.
"Electronic cigarettes are not emission-free. E-cigarettes contain volatile organic substances, including propylene glycol, flavors and nicotine, and are emitted as mist or aerosol into indoor air," it said in FDA Advisory No. 2013-015 dated June 26, which was posted on the FDA website Thursday night.
"If several people are using e-cigarettes in a room at the same time, considerable indoor air pollution will accumulate and may result to harmful second-hand exposure," it added."
Clearly not as bad as smoke, I'd say, but far from sunshine and puppy dogs, too...probably.
Looks to be a pretty decent compendium of sources with some information, useful or not, here:
http://no-smoke.org/learnmore.php?id=645I have plenty of fishing buddies who smoke, and I can say this, at least...they stink, they cough a lot, and it's pretty nasty having their smoke blowing in my face all day when we're in the boat or in the rig...I've fished with two guys who use the e-cigs and they are ten thousand percent more comfortable to be around compared to the cigarette smokers.
Fish on...
Todd
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