![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/new-alert-over-secondhand-vaping-as-pens-spew-out-toxins-22-times-over-safe-limit/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/newspress-collage-23107762-1689776779020.jpg&description=SMOKE SCREEN New alert over SECONDHAND vaping as pens spew out toxins 22-times over safe limit VIEWED as a socially acceptable alternative to smoking - and a way to kick tobacco cravings - many people won't bat an eyelid when you pull your vape indoors or at a social gathering. But despite their inoffensive smell, scientists have sounded new alarms over vaping, warning that the pens spew microscopic toxins into the air around you with each puff. 1 Scientists have warned that vaping can fill the air with potentially toxic chemicals, which can be inhaled by people in the vicinity A team of researchers from universities in Virginia and North Carolina observed that when e-cigarette users vaped in their cars for as little as 10 minutes, the air around them filled with possibly poisonous particulate matter known specifically as PM2.5 - this means the particles have a diameter of 2.5 micrometers or smaller. Unhealthy levels of the microscopic particles can increase the risk of health issues such as heart or respiratory disease, according to government data. The authors said their research "demonstrated that a single person using an ECIG [electronic cigarette] in a vehicle with the windows closed can cause a measurable increase in [particulate matter] concentration." They went on: "Data from the current study indicate that the most commonly used ECIG devices are capable of producing large amounts of PM2.5, resulting in increased risk for secondhand exposures." Published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence, study suggested that anyone sitting in a car with the e-cigarette users - including children - could inhale "unwanted" levels of poisonous particles even if they weren't vaping, in the same way they might be exposed to toxic secondhand cigarette smoke. But their findings could apply more widely to other enclosed spaces. To test how air quality is affected by e-cigarette use, the researchers observed 60 vape users, most of whom had smoked them daily for at least a y){kind=link}
VIEWED as a socially acceptable alternative to smoking – and a way to kick tobacco cravings – many people won’t bat an eyelid when you pull your vape indoors or at a social gathering.
But despite their inoffensive smell, scientists have sounded new alarms over vaping, warning that the pens spew microscopic toxins into the air around you with each puff.
A team of researchers from universities in Virginia and North Carolina observed that when e-cigarette users vaped in their cars for as little as 10 minutes, the air around them filled with possibly poisonous particulate matter known specifically as PM2.5 – this means the particles have a diameter of 2.5 micrometers or smaller.
Unhealthy levels of the microscopic particles can increase the risk of health issues such as heart or respiratory disease, according to government data.
The authors said their research “demonstrated that a single person using an ECIG [electronic cigarette] in a vehicle with the windows closed can cause a measurable increase in [particulate matter] concentration.”