Vicks Baby Vaporizers

[RobbieR]

My local vape shop just posted this on their FB page, The similarities between our vaporizers and the "Safe For Babies" Vicks Waterless Vaporizers are shocking. Both use an electrical current to make the vapor, both contain glycol. The "Vapopads" have "scented oils" and our juice has flavoring. The only real difference is ours may or may not contain nicotine. So its safe for babies to vape but its bad for us? Obviously babies are not directly inhaling the vapor, but they are sleeping in a room filled with scented glycol vapor. The package on the Vicks "Vapopads" lists glycol as an ingredient but it does not say what kind of glycol. I can only assume Vicks had to do some rigorous testing on inhaling vaporized glycol before these products where deemed safe for babies & children. It would be interesting to see the results.

Edit:
This link from drugstore.com http://www.drugstore.com/vicks-vbr-5-pediatric-vapopads/qxp226769 lists the ingredients as:

Glycol, Eucalyptus Oil, Rosemary Oil, Camphor, 42, Lavender 40, Others

 

[Huckleberried]

Moved to Vaping - Health Related.

 

[UncleRJ]

I remember the old room "Vaporizers" from when I was a kid with cough or cold.

They were big beast that held a quart or two of water, basically a room humidifier and there was a small compartment near where the steam came out where mom would put a big old glob of Vicks Vapor Rub.

Thinking this is a new version of the old dog with a new trick.

 

[RobbieR]

My Mom just slapped a big old glob of Vicks Vapor Rub on my chest and said "don't get any of that in your eyes"!!

 

[Huckleberried]

My Mom just slapped a big old glob of Vicks Vapor Rub on my chest and said "don't get any of that in your eyes"!!

I still keep it on hand.

 

[UncleRJ]

I keep a jar in my glove compartment.

When I have to visit a place for business that smells so bad it would knock a buzzard off of a wagon full of fresh shit, a glob smeared in my moustache saves the day!

 

[Whiskey]

 

[GrayVaper]

My wife on occassion when she has a bad cold will not only run the vaporizer but also rub her feet with Vick's am put socks on. Claims it works.

 

[GrayVaper]

My local vape shop just posted this on their FB page, The similarities between our vaporizers and the "Safe For Babies" Vicks Waterless Vaporizers are shocking. Both use an electrical current to make the vapor, both contain glycol. The "Vapopads" have "scented oils" and our juice has flavoring. The only real difference is ours may or may not contain nicotine. So its safe for babies to vape but its bad for us? Obviously babies are not directly inhaling the vapor, but they are sleeping in a room filled with scented glycol vapor. The package on the Vicks "Vapopads" lists glycol as an ingredient but it does not say what kind of glycol. I can only assume Vicks had to do some rigorous testing on inhaling vaporized glycol before these products where deemed safe for babies & children. It would be interesting to see the results.

Edit:
This link from drugstore.com http://www.drugstore.com/vicks-vbr-5-pediatric-vapopads/qxp226769 lists the ingredients as:

Glycol, Eucalyptus Oil, Rosemary Oil, Camphor, 42, Lavender 40, Others

Stop making sense! That can get you investigated.

 

[Teresa P]

I love it.....gonna splatter that link on my Facebook right now.....lol!

 

[RobbieR]

My wife on occassion when she has a bad cold will not only run the vaporizer but also rub her feet with Vick's am put socks on. Claims it works.

LOL My wife does the Vapor rub on her feet with socks too!!!! I laugh every time, but she swears it works.

 

[outwest]

So much for the 2nd hand vape argument, eh? (not that it ever had any merit, but...)

 

[RobbieR]

Looks like I was wrong when I said people are not directly inhaling the Vicks Vapopads. Check out the Vicks Steam Inhaler that uses the same "Vapopads" that contain glycol. So these are safe but our vaporizers are not?

 

[5150sick]

I still keep it on hand.

Me too.
I have 2 vicks inhalers here too.
One is even in my eliquid rack. lol

 

[Zamazam]

I keep a jar in my glove compartment.

When I have to visit a place for business that smells so bad it would knock a buzzard off of a wagon full of fresh shit, a glob smeared in my moustache saves the day!

I have a relative who is a Coroner, when she gets "the juicy ones" she puts a smear of Vicks under her nose to kill the stench.

 

[Teresa P]

I have a relative who is a Coroner, when she gets "the juicy ones" she puts a smear of Vicks under her nose to kill the stench.

 

[OBDave]

I remember the old room "Vaporizers" from when I was a kid with cough or cold.

They were big beast that held a quart or two of water, basically a room humidifier and there was a small compartment near where the steam came out where mom would put a big old glob of Vicks Vapor Rub.

Thinking this is a new version of the old dog with a new trick.

I can't imagine those kind of vaporizers have changed much in the last 50 years - my grandma used one with just a smear straight out of the jar plopped on top of the heating element that you drop into the water. I went out and got one for my daughter a few years back when she was sick and it was pretty much the same device we had 30 years ago, just more cheaply made.

Guessing these pads are just a more expensive version for people too squeamish to deal with actually handing the Vicks.

Good idea about getting a little bottle for the car, on the rare occasions I have to recover and trash out a rental property post-eviction things can get pretty ripe...

 

[Count Vapula]

I have a relative who is a Coroner, when she gets "the juicy ones" she puts a smear of Vicks under her nose to kill the stench.

Thai skytrain (BTS): Everyone sniffs the Vics tubes to cancel out the BO from other commuters .. lol

 

[UncleRJ]

I have a relative who is a Coroner, when she gets "the juicy ones" she puts a smear of Vicks under her nose to kill the stench.

You have not lived until you have had to visit a "Rendering Plant". Ever wonder where dead livestock, deer and assorted road kill that is picked up by the county goes? The local rendering plant where they make useful stuff like glue and gelatin (you will never enjoy Jello in quite the same way again).

I remember I had to take a newbie engineer with me once and he totally lost his lunch (and breakfast and last nights dinner) when he saw a guy sitting on a decaying dead horse eating his lunch. The ignorant SOB also insisted on wearing a suit.

I wore clothes that I was going to throw out anyway. It is really hard to wash off that stench!

 

[RobbieR]

A friend of mine is a Waste Management Engineer, he went from working for a pharmaceutical company to a meat packing company He said he barely ate for the first 2 weeks because he could not hold food down.

 

[death2fake]

I wish vapors would stop attempting to find a way to convince themselves vaping is safe. Assume it is not and that it is possibly only safer than s
Cigs. STOP BLOWING VAPE CLOUDS FOR YOUR CHILDREN TO PLAY IN!!! Let's note forget as parents we are our children's biggest influence. If they see you vape, there is a high chance they will want to vape. Vaping is not something I'm OK with my daughter doing. If not vaping around her will decrease the chances of her trying it, it is what I'll do.

 

[Giraut]

My Mom just slapped a big old glob of Vicks Vapor Rub on my chest and said "don't get any of that in your eyes"!!

Believe it or not, there's a juice that smells *exactly* like Vicks Vaporub - and works just as well to clear a blocked nose too: it's this one. It's supposed to imitate the taste of Finnish tervaleijona candies, only it fails miserably. But as a Vick Vaporub imitation, it's perfect. I love it

 

[Count Vapula]

I wish vapors would stop attempting to find a way to convince themselves vaping is safe. Assume it is not and that it is possibly only safer than s
Cigs. STOP BLOWING VAPE CLOUDS FOR YOUR CHILDREN TO PLAY IN!!! Let's note forget as parents we are our children's biggest influence. If they see you vape, there is a high chance they will want to vape. Vaping is not something I'm OK with my daughter doing. If not vaping around her will decrease the chances of her trying it, it is what I'll do.

Hmm, where to start ... How about facts

Published Research Articles:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1625578/ Epidemiologic Observations on the Use of Glycol Vapors for Air Sterilization

http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/14/18 Peering through the mist: systematic review of what the chemistry of contaminants in electronic cigarettes tells us about health risks

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20647410 A clinical laboratory model for evaluating the acute effects of electronic "cigarettes": nicotine delivery profile and cardiovascular and subjective effects.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3524053/ Electronic Cigarettes: Effective Nicotine Delivery After Acute Administration


http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/11/786 Effect of an electronic nicotine delivery device (e-Cigarette) on smoking reduction and cessation: a prospective 6-month pilot study

News Articles and Physicians who are studying 'ENDS':

http://vapers.org.uk/10-health-experts-who-endorse-e-cigarettes/

http://www.ecigarette-research.org/research/index.php/research/research-2015/210-ald

https://reason.com/blog/2015/03/04/study-confirms-that-e-cigarettes-generat#.6xwi9x:yZNG
http://www.news-medical.net/news/20...s-might-keep-us-healthy-says-researchers.aspx

http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,932876,00.html

 

[Count Vapula]

I've also tried to use Vape Clouds in mini cloud chamber tests with insects.

Nicotine is an insecticide, and insects respirate every single cell to the outside (no lungs or circulatory system)

So gas or liquid poisons are far more effective on them, as compared to humans.

Have yet to harm or kill the smallest spider or ant, so VAPE ON!

 

[MikeSully]

Looks like I was wrong when I said people are not directly inhaling the Vicks Vapopads. Check out the Vicks Steam Inhaler that uses the same "Vapopads" that contain glycol. So these are safe but our vaporizers are not?

So when they ban vaping, can us DIYers make our own pads and use one of these things, legally?