There's never been a single reported case of popcorn lung caused by vaping, and the vape manufactures have basically all chosen to switch to something other than diacetyl out of an abundance of caution. It was only ever in some of the "creamy" and popcorn type flavors anyway.
That said, don't start vaping. It's great as harm reduction because it's better than cigarettes, but unless you're using it to stop smoking cigarettes, don't vape.
And I gotta say, I went from cigs to vapes 5 years ago and now I'm just stuck on fucken vapes. I can't stress how important it is to just never smoke in the first place.
Idk if anyone will take anything useful from this but I tried smoking and loved it. Did it for years, thought it was great. Slept like crap, was stressed all the time, couldn't be athletic. It was so awesome.
I finally quit nicotine completely 5 years ago and all that stuff I thought it helped with? Yeah that was just withdrawal. Now I'm stuck with cravings I don't think will fade any time soon and elevated cancer risk.
Just don't smoke, it's not worth it. Do fun drugs that are easier to quit instead.
I keep away from nic-sticks like the plague. If i need a nicotine fix I'll go outside and smoke a cig or my pipe. Same with dab pens for weed. They are just WAY too convenient and cause a problem. Having to actually go outside and smoke helps keep the dependency in check.
I smoked for like a year and then I just kinda… hated it. It stopped making me feel good and just debilitated me. I only smoke when I’m trashed now ‘cuz it makes me more drunk. But never ever when sober.
I’m on and off with vaping. It also makes me feel kinda gross when I’m sober. My body must be weird.
It is also a cleaner delivery mechanism for THC than combustion.
Yeah, but maybe avoid the black market weed carts. EVALI was caused by black market weed carts using vitamin E acetate (which isn't going to be in nicotine juice because nicotine plays nicely with vegetable glycerine and propylene glycol, THC doesn't) - the feds busted the manufacturer shortly after people started getting sick and I haven't heard about EVALI since then, so presumably nobody else is trying it at the moment, but the lack of widespread reporting about it being from black market weed carts is frankly criminal.
I do get sticky fingers from my gummies sometimes, but maybe cleanliness is not the sole quality I should focus on
There's more diacetyl in cigarettes than in the most buttery of desserty vape aromas.
I think I read somewhere that its the flavouring thats the main issue, at the time they were going off of guides for safe chemicals but most of those are for eating, not smoking. While they're safe to eat (popcorn) lungs are a different system. I think it was lung macrophages that accumulated these compounds and they're not sure how to process them so over time they just keep accumulating and cause disease. I'm not sure where the science is now I read that a few years back.
its actually because the condition makes your lungs look like popcorn
Wasn't there one guy who ate a stupid amount of microwave popcorn a day who actually got popcorn lung from the consumer side, but yeah it's mostly factory worker?
bronchiolitis obliterans
That's the real medical term and I love it. Obliterate your bronchioli!
Now I want to try huffing the air from microwave popcorn bags
I propose it should be called FAKE BUTTER LUNG
I need the previous posts in this conversation
I can't exactly share them, but it was originally about how you should be aware of what's going into your body, and how while weed isn't as bad as tobacco, it's still not something that's great for you to inhale.
Then a series of jokes of how "I can't inhale cum?" "I can't inhale crack?" And then somehow this one.
