What do you or leaders think about your Soldiers "vaping" (e-cig)?

SSG Joe Jordan — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 14:23:24 -0400

I know that I feel 100 times better, energy's improved, uniform/ clothes don't smell and I'm not inhaling all the bad stuff in cigarettes since I've stopped smoking almost a year ago. A lot of my former co-workers/ friends got me into it and have been "vaping" longer than I have. Just curious as to everyone's thoughts on it are?

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 23 at 2015 2:31 PM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 14:31:27 -0400

I think it is annoying and I can't stand when soldiers use it in a smoke free area. I don't want to smell vap or smoke. I have been in some building and smell the scent of some Vap Device and it bothers me to no end. I want to smell clean air. But to each their own. I stay away from smoking areas but there are not Vap areas set up yet. If they are one day I will avoid those too.

Response by SSG Joe Jordan made Apr 23 at 2015 2:36 PM

SSG Joe Jordan — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 14:36:03 -0400

I know that most installations/ units consider it as "smoking" and should be treated as such as its prohibited in all government buildings.

Response by PO1 Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 23 at 2015 3:28 PM

PO1 Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 15:28:59 -0400

SSG Joe Jordan First of all, you're smart to want to quit cigarettes or whatever your habit was. Any tobacco product, no matter the form is not a good thing. Bravo Zulu to ya.

However, I have mulitple concerns. Are you absolutely certain that "vaping" is safe? Where are the studies? What are the results? What peer papers in the accredited groups have the vaping products been discussed and determination been made? Are the vaping products approved by the FDA? Are you absolutely certain that the content list is accurate to a national standard and certified by the appropriate authority?

Look at it this way: you are no longer smoking. Great news! However, you seemed to have substituted one habit for another. Anytime you inject a foreign material into your body thru the lungs it's not always a good thing - especially when you have no garantees on quality and material content. Sure the package says it's only nicotine (or whatever), but is it? I mean, you have to be that hard on it - for your own health.

It kinda reminds me of the effort to get people off of heroin several decades ago. The new (then) answer: methadone hcl which was nothing more than another opioid (form of opium). Today, you still have people on methadone - 45 and 50 years later. They're still addicted, so the addiction has not been addressed.

I'm sure you've been assured vaping is safe - but I garantee you not one federal health agency is saying that. So, again I ask you - where are the studies? where are the peer reviews? Are you swapping one addiction for another?

Once again...I'm glad you're not smoking. Nasty habit. I quit cold turkey 36 years ago. I went thru the withdrawls, the grumpiness and I still have the urge to light up when I step into a bar and put a beer in front of me.

If you're truely done with smoking - you don't need vaping.

Response by TSgt Joshua Copeland made Apr 24 at 2015 8:00 AM

TSgt Joshua Copeland — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 08:00:59 -0400

Health wise, the jury is still out on the long term effects. You are right, they dont smell as bad.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 24 at 2015 1:25 PM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 13:25:48 -0400

Why are we making this a problem?

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 24 at 2015 8:30 PM

MAJ Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 20:30:56 -0400

I think it should be treated in the same respect that normal nicotine use is. Many private companies don't allow dipping outside of designated areas even though there's no "2nd hand" effects from it. "Vaping" should be no different.