E-Cigarettes and Air Quality - Is there 'Passive Vaping'?

We measured the chemicals in the air BEFORE, DURING and AFTER three people vaped in an office over 165 minutes. The vaper retains up to 99% of the nicotine inhaled from an e-cigarette, so hardly any is re- leased into the surrounding air. "There is no evidence of direct harm from passive exposure to e-cigarette vapour.” – UK National Health Service "There is no evidence for passive vaping based on current scientific knowledge." – French Government Formaldehyde is almost always present in the air around us, no matter where we are DID YOU KNOW ? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU VAPE INDOORS ? Scented candles produce 10 times more formaldehyde than e-cigarettes WHAT DID WE FIND ? WHY DOESN’T NICOTINE INCREASE? Up to 99% retained 1 / O'Connell G, Colard S, Cahours X and Pritchard JD. “An Assessment of Indoor Air Quality before, during and after Unrestricted Use of E-Cigarettes in a Small Room.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 12: 4889-907 (2015). 2 / Long, GA. “Comparison of Select Analytes in Exhaled Aerosol from E-Cigarettes with Exhaled Smoke from a Conventional Cigarette and Exhaled Breaths.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 11: 11177-91 (2014). 3 / O'Connell G, Colard S, Breiev K, Sulzer P, Biel SS, Cahours X, Pritchard JD and Burseg KMM. “An Experimental Method to Determine the Concentration of Nicotine in Exhaled Breath and its Retention Rate Following Use of an Electronic Cigarette.” International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry 2: 1-6 (2015). 4 / National Health Service (NHS). Electronic Cigarettes. Available at: http://www.nhs.uk/smoke- free/help-and-advice/e-cigarettes#. 5 / Assemblée Nationale. Amendement N°AS1413 (2015). Available at: http://www.assemblee-nationale.- fr/14/amendements/2302/CION-SOC/AS1413.asp. WHAT DO EXPERTS SAY ? E-CIGARETTES DO NOT POSE AN AIR QUALITY ISSUE a 1 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 1 Propylene glycol than the UK indoor air quality standard than regulatory standard 2000X LOWER Vapour particles are > 73% WATER Vapour particles evaporate in LESS THAN 10 SECONDS in nicotine NO MEASURABLE INCREASE Glycerol 33X LOWER

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Page 1: E-Cigarettes and Air Quality - Is there 'Passive Vaping'?

We measured the chemicals in the air BEFORE, DURING and AFTER three people vaped in an office over 165 minutes.

The vaper retains up to 99% of the nicotine inhaled from an e-cigarette, so hardly any is re-leased into the surrounding air.

"There is no evidence of direct harm from passive exposure to e-cigarette vapour.”– UK National Health Service

"There is no evidence for passive vaping based on current scientific knowledge."– French Government

Formaldehyde is almost always present in the air around us, no matter where we are

DID YOU KNOW ?

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU VAPE INDOORS ?

Scented candles produce 10 times more formaldehyde than e-cigarettes

WHAT DID WE FIND ?

WHY DOESN’TNICOTINE INCREASE?

Up to 99% retained

1 / O'Connell G, Colard S, Cahours X and Pritchard JD. “An Assessment of Indoor Air Quality before, during and after Unrestricted Use of E-Cigarettes in a Small Room.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 12: 4889-907 (2015).2 / Long, GA. “Comparison of Select Analytes in Exhaled Aerosol from E-Cigarettes with Exhaled Smoke from a Conventional Cigarette and Exhaled Breaths.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 11: 11177-91 (2014). 3 / O'Connell G, Colard S, Breiev K, Sulzer P, Biel SS, Cahours X, Pritchard JD and Burseg KMM. “An Experimental Method to Determine the Concentration of Nicotine in Exhaled Breath and its Retention Rate Following Use of an Electronic Cigarette.” International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry 2: 1-6 (2015).4 / National Health Service (NHS). Electronic Cigarettes. Available at: http://www.nhs.uk/smoke-free/help-and-advice/e-cigarettes#.5 / Assemblée Nationale. Amendement N°AS1413 (2015). Available at: http://www.assemblee-nationale.-fr/14/amendements/2302/CION-SOC/AS1413.asp.

WHAT DO EXPERTS SAY ?

E-CIGARETTES DO NOT POSE AN AIR QUALITY ISSUE