[thompo]

I have asthma and have lived in Denver since before legalization.

When vape pens first came out I never had any issues. In the last few years I very well could have easily been one of those statistics.

Vape pens make my lungs hurt and I have to use my rescue inhaler for days afterwards. It’s terrible. I don’t know if they changed how they make the oil but I completely gave up on vaping. I tried one with pineapple flavoring and man... it almost was the death of me.

[gtirloni]

Shouldn't any kind of smoking be a big no-no with ashtma? Really curious because I have rhinitis and can't stand smoke around me.

[thompo]

I mean, probably. Cigarettes make me hurt (haven’t smoked one in a decade at least). Vapes make me hurt. Smoking weed from a clean pipe gives me almost zero negative effects unless I smoke significantly more than usual over the course of a few days.

[scoobyyabbadoo]

What's the effect of not smoking anything?

[rconti]

Sorry, but I had to back up and re-read this. I guess I just assumed you were exposed to second-hand vapor, so I was very sympathetic to your plight (and quite shocked that you could detect the change in second-hand vapor!) until I got to "I completely gave up on vaping". My mis-reading of the post actually had me laughing out loud.

[akira2501]

I've never used the pens and only use a "mod" with nicotine base mixed with 50% VG/PG at a local shop and haven't had any issues. In fact, I use my rescue inhaler far less since I've started vaping, which I only picked up after 3 years of being unable to quit the nicotine lozenges I originally used to quit cigarettes.

All the recent fear aside, I think we can form and do deserve a well regulated market for these products.

[jcampbell1]

You are having a reaction to nicotine salts. Juul started the trend of using nicotine-salts rather than nicotine. It has much less throat burn so you can get a higher dose, but it makes some people wheeze.

[thompo]

Sorry I should have been more specific. I only vaped THC.

[kylek]

My guess would be too many terpenes (or extra added terpenes). A recent trend has been adding massive amounts of these volatiles to the mix (purchased in bulk from places like trueterpenes[0] - which has warnings all over it) to create "flavor profiles" or to more closely mimic the effects of smoking flower. These are the same as the toxic essential oils that people overdo. Some are far more potent than others and definitely can cause reactions (even in non-asthmatics).

Stick to unflavored distillates.

[0] https://trueterpenes.com/