Happy you found something that works for you and is helping you break the habbit. I smoke weed so maybe the vaping is different, I find when I would vape I would experience something I can only discribe as wet lung. Breathing would become more wheezy sounding and I would cough in the day. I really gave vaping a try for like 5 months but it makes me feel like shit, the coughing and wheezing made me feel like I was a real smoker.
Now I do tinktures or pheonix tears if I feel guilty about smoking.
After my experience I am rather weary of vaping. The way my lungs and body felt after that season of vaping really made me question vaping as a healthy alternative. I can take the bad smells but what I can't take is the wheeze and body feelS
Well, when compared to cigarettes, we know for certain it's safer. That doesn't necessarily mean that habitual use won't have any effects. We also know it doesn't cause lung damage. I myself have experienced some coughing occasionally from it, but it's nowhere near cigarette levels. And sometimes I get a dry buildup in the mornings that I have to sort of clear. I think it's probably the VG that gives me the phlem. Might all be caused by the artificial flavors though. PG makes my throat all scratchy, so I go with max VG.
With THC, they use PEG 400 in addition to extract it. They use a combination of polyethylene glycol 400 and propylene glycol for the extraction, then probably mix it with VG to dilute it a bit. I've heard that the PEG smells like burnt plastic alone. It's supposedly safe though. The reason they have to use PEG 400 is because the THC is an oil. I'm not sure if vaping it might have a different effect. When you burn it, the oil is combusted. It might be putting more solid oil in your lungs, which is harder for your body to break down. I don't know if they're ever going to study the effects of vaping THC oils though.