The Today Show Interview

The Today Show Interview

By: Tiffany Davis

Flavor Vapor Media Specialist

I don’t know if you are an avid Today Show watcher like me but, yesterday morning they aired a story about electronic cigarettes. There were some good points about the safety of the product I think everyone and especially every parent should be aware of. There are some I think misconceptions about the story like they left a few things out but, that’s just my opinion. The interview featured Matt Lauer and Dr. Nancy Snyderman.

“Many people think smoking e-cigarettes is safer, but experts are increasingly worried about accidental poisoning from liquid nicotine, a key ingredient used in “vaping.”

 “The e-cigarettes, also known as vaporizers, work by converting liquid nicotine into vapor that smokers inhale. Because e-cigarettes are relatively new, it’s unknown whether they have long-term potential to help people quit smoking, like gum or the patch.”

“E-cigarettes eliminate risks from more than 60 cancer-causing chemicals found in tobacco smoke, but they do contain toxic ingredients such as diethylene glycol (found in anti-freeze) and propylene glycol (a lung irritant found in fake smoke machines).”

Just FYI- The diethylene glycol is found is found in anti-freeze but, what they are leaving out is that is an ingredient in NON-TOXIC anti-freeze.

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PG- is found in everything we use on a daily basis. From things like food, baby products, and any body care items!

It just makes me wanna say DUH! Really, it almost sounds like a one sided story so far!

“While some e-cigarettes come pre-loaded with liquid nicotine, others need to be refilled with liquid nicotine, which is extremely toxic, especially for children.”

“There was a 307 percent increase in total e-cigarette related poisoning cases from 2012-2013, according to the American Association of Poison Control Centers. Liquid nicotine, also called e-liquid, is a potential toxin when ingested and when it comes into contact with skin. Some potential symptoms of exposure to nicotine include rapid heartbeat, elevated blood pressure, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and dizziness. Severe exposure can potentially cause seizures leading to coma and death.”

“The California Poison Control Center says a teaspoon to a child can cause seizures and a tablespoon for an adult can cause death, Snyderman said.”

“While [liquid nicotine] is a neurotoxin that doesn’t cause cancer, it does directly affect the brain,” said Snyderman.”

Now, Flavor Vapor uses synthetic nicotine so, I can’t say for sure if is as toxic as real plant derived nicotine but, I would caution everyone and anyone to handle with care and don’t let kids around it. Are they embellishing the truth? Yes, I think so, just in my experience with e-juice the worst side effect I had from handling to much e-juice was a little jittery ( a nicotine high) I don’t use but, 6mg of nicotine in my juice so, higher than that I can tell. Another point that they made in this story was that they think that e-cigs are gateway devices to real traditional cigs. This again maybe true to some effect but, I think it’s not the e-cig that is making the kids want to try real cigs but, I think it’s more like the people around them. Granted my husband is not a kid but, when he first started vaping his friends who did not know much about e-cigs made fun of him and told him that he wasn’t man enough to handle a real cigarette. This didn’t detour him from vaping but, for some impressionable kids it could. Plus, kids shouldn’t have the option to own or even try e-cigs until they are 18 or whatever the law is in their state.

Have you smelled a cigarette after vaping for an extended period of time? It stinks! It makes me gag! Even though I smoked traditional cigarettes in the past I could not handle being around them at all, not even smelling the lingering smell on someone’s clothing.

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