Reaction to Vape

[Anna1025]

I quit smoking years ago and am presently on 2 liters of oxygen 24 hours a day. I have been around a family member who vapes and it's never bothered me until yesterday. After being around him for a few hours, everything smells like smoke to me. To myself, I smell like smoke. Everything in my house smells like smoke. I know that's not the case, but that's what I smell. Is that smell coming from my lungs because I inhaled the smoke from the vape or is it my imagination? I've been lucky and never had an exacerbation but wonder if this could be called that. It's driving me crazy because my house smells to me and my clothes. Everything even though I know it's coming from inside me and is not on my clothes. Has anyone ever had this experience?

[Blackbird9]

If you have had your covid jab recently...one of the side affects is to smell strange smells could be that 🤔

[Ern007]

One thing Anna - The smell can be freshened but vape is not safe IMO, anyone with COPD dose not need fluid going into their lungs. Vapes contain chemicals including nicotine and other chemicals, I have not been next to a vaper but maybe that smell is from the nicotine or flavouring content.

[deejames]

I think you should really ask the family member not to vape near you. It might be inflaming your COPD. In my opinion no one should be vaping inside anyway. Its not smoke but could cause irritation. My son in law used to vape in their house and any time I went there I started to cough. I avoid smokers, vapers, bonfires and cars with the engines running.

[lovejoyliz]

Sorry Anna, but really, the product has a form of nicotine in it and that is what you are smelling, it gets in your clothes, hair, skin and sticks to the walls and soft furnishings in your home.

The bottom line Anna, you should find another alternive to vaping and keep others away from you who use it. You have COPD and there is no cure for it, in the meantime your life is precious and you need to concentrate on your health.

I was diagnosed in 2013 and now recently my breathing has got reallt bad, l am hoping to be accepted for LVR, but my last recent exray showed that there is a background of mild reticular change representing interstitial fibrosis seen especially in the lower zone., which is not good. This type of diagnosis can pop up at any time during the course of COPD and Emphysema. Don't let this happen to you, get a grip of your life.

l truly hope that you will think about what vaping can still do to your health.

Blessings

[BrigidsFire in reply to lovejoyliz]

She doesn’t vape. And even if she did. I don’t think telling someone to “get a grip” is particularly helpful…

[peege]

Firstly I cannot understand anyone who vapes in the presence of a person with lung disease - especially someone poorly enough to need O2 grrrrr! Vapes contain many many toxic chemicals. Even in the open air asthmatic lungs can't tolerate fumes of vapes, fans, traffic fumes.

I suggest you let the person know as soon as possible that from his/her last vaping fumes made you ill and from now on they'll have to vape outside on visits.

My son uses a vape only outside perhaps after meals. I say "son, you have asthma why are using a vape", reply "it's only blackcurrant flavour mum". He's intelligent, university educated I cannot believe he doesn't realise they've never seen a blackcurrant and are purely toxic chemicals. Breaks my heart but he's an adult.

Please see doctor if this continues wont you

[BrigidsFire]

My son vapes and years ago when we sold his car for him I cleaned it inside after he’d been vaping in it. There was a thick oily film all over the inside of the windows. It was pretty rank. I can only imagine it’s the equivalent of the tar in cigarettes, and presumably coats the inside of the lungs in the same way. If you don’t smoke and don’t allow smoking in your house you should politely request that nobody vapes in your house either.

[ladygigger in reply to BrigidsFire]

^^ This. After I stopped smoking 12 years ago I switched to vaping, and gradually reduced down to 6mg from 18mg nicotine, but that's where I stuck. It wasn't until I was diagnosed with a benign lung growth that had to be removed (at which point I stopped vaping as well - much more difficult that stopping smoking) that I noticed how sticky things were; my computer keyboard, the steering wheel in my car - and it took ages to remove the sticky residue. 18 months vape free, and occasionally I STILL want to vape more than smoke but with 1.5 lungs and mild COPD, I'm not going there!

[Timberman]

Vapes contain nicotine. I am guessing that is what you smell. I have not smoked since 1993 and have COPD and do NOT allow smok8ing or vaping anwher near my property.

[Anna1025]

Thanks to all of you for your replies. Your information really helped me understand how dangerous it is to breathe chemicals of any kind. I hate to be the "nag" but my family is going to have to understand they will have to go outside. Thank you again everyone.

[Maximonkey]

Hi Anna, I suffer with sinusitis and quite often I get either a nasty smell or a pleasant one which stays with me for hours. Not always pleasant but at least I know it is not real. I am sure your sense of smell will right itself. Going back to the subject of vapes I find them intolerable, they make me cough even when I am in an outside environment. Take care Maximonkey

[Anna1025 in reply to Maximonkey]

Hope so Maxi. I have started coughing and hadn't even connected that to the vape. Thanks for telling me that. Hope you're doing well.

[JJ_7]

Secondary vape mist makes my breathing more difficult. Having said that, I still use nicotine patches when I have the urge to smoke again. I have quit for 20 years plus but the addiction remains

[Anna1025]

I understand JJ. After I quit smoking in 2007, I was addicted to nicotine lozenges for 5 years, then switched to sugar free breath mints for several more years (they were much cheaper. lol). It was probably 12 years total before I was totally free of everything! I really hate to be that self-righteous former smoker and tell my family they have to go outside to vape, but I'm going to do it. And, it will in the long run, be good for them if they don't vape as much! Take care of yourself.

[JJ_7 in reply to Anna1025]

I ask smokers and vapers to never use inside my house or car. I see vaping and smoking as synonymous. You are well within your rights Anna and it reinforces your commitment to staying stopped Well done for quitting, it wasn't easy was it? xxx ❤️❤️❤️

[Anna1025 in reply to JJ_7]

JJ, thanks for the encouragement! I did ask them not to vape around me any longer, they understood and said it was no problem. I am so relieved!

It was very hard to stop smoking. I quit once for 2 years and started again. It's been almost 20 years now. Wow, that's hard to believe.

Have a great day.