Vapes are extremely dodgy. They are a nebuliser, which is a device that turns a liquid into a mist to be inhaled. Nebulisers are used by patients, e.g. with respiratory illnesses. They have to be kept incredibly clean & thoroughly air-dried before use to protect the patient from pathogens… - ThreadSky

northmcmonkey.bsky.social • 91 days ago

Vapes are extremely dodgy. They are a nebuliser, which is a device that turns a liquid into a mist to be inhaled. Nebulisers are used by patients, e.g. with respiratory illnesses. They have to be kept incredibly clean & thoroughly air-dried before use to protect the patient from pathogens…

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northmcmonkey.bsky.social•91 days ago

…how many people with the reusable vapes do you think clean&dry them out properly before use? They may rinse them perhaps, but that water will stagnate & grow nasty bacteria, possibly fungi (I wonder if fungi could grow round the mouthpiece from good deposits too). By vaporising these, the user…

sleepyscot.bsky.social•91 days ago

Most modern reusable vapes have disposable pods. They don’t last very long. Usually 2 weeks and then you need a new one.

northmcmonkey.bsky.social•91 days ago

Okay, so, if you see my last comment in that original thread,m; that is such a waste of resources and causes further waste.

sleepyscot.bsky.social•91 days ago

I don’t disagree but even medical devices have parts that are discarded.

northmcmonkey.bsky.social•91 days ago

However, medical devices are largely necessary. Vapes are the opposite.

sleepyscot.bsky.social•91 days ago

Most people who vape are smokers who have quit smoking cigarettes. Would you say they’re better or worse or just the same?

northmcmonkey.bsky.social•91 days ago

… also pumps all these nasty pathogens into the air around them for others & themselves to breathe in. For some patients, this can be extremely serious!

sleepyscot.bsky.social•91 days ago

In fairness, don’t humans “pump…nasty pathogens into the air around them” by simply breathing?

northmcmonkey.bsky.social•91 days ago

Pathogens such as mycobacterium abscessus, pseudomonas, non-tuberculosis mycobacterium (NTM) and a whole range of other nasties that are horrendously dangerous for respiratory patients!

northmcmonkey.bsky.social•91 days ago

The vapes do.

northmcmonkey.bsky.social•91 days ago

There’s also the horrendous amount of heavy/toxic metals being used in the batteries of these vapes, a huge amount of which are simply discarded into the environment to leach out and pollute!

Add to that the resources used to make them; more metals and plastics and they are an environmental hazard!

ronynostradamus.bsky.social•90 days ago

Vapes aren’t nebulisers, they use heat, nebulisers use ultrasonic. Nebulisers couldn’t aerosolise glycol which is what capes do. Dont vape, dont smoke, dont care, just you are wrong about the technology, i didnt read the rest but i assume thats all wrong cause your initial premise is wrong.

northmcmonkey.bsky.social•90 days ago

If a liquid is being vaporised into a mist, then all my points about pathogens stand. It’d be great if people with chronic respiratory illnesses could get more empathy.

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