passive vaping

• passive vaporing, passive vapouring (rare)

By analogy to passive smoking, a topic of more extensive history in medical studies.

passive vaping (uncountable)

1. The involuntary inhalation of the vape of a psychoactive by a non-vaper due to the proximity to a vaper.

   Synonym: secondary vaping

   • 2018 November 3, Jan Löhler, Barbara Wollenberg, “Are electronic cigarettes a healthier alternative to conventional tobacco smoking?”, in European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, volume 276 (2019), →DOI, pages 17–25:

     This study should describe the state of the art of knowledge with respect to the following four items: (1) ingredients of the vapor and their potential risks, the influence of EC on smoking of combustible tobacco to (2) adults and (3) the youth, and (4) the side effects of passive vaping. In general, the effects of passive vaporing are unknown. Although the vapor of EC is less harmful than tobacco smoke, EC are not hazard-free lifestyle products. Technical standardization should be desirable.

   • 2019 September 6, Kamal Kant Sahu, Ajay Kumar Mishra, Amos Lal, Ahmad Daniyal Siddiqui, George M. Abraham, “From Oncologist’s Desk: Hemato-Oncological Aspect of Using Vaporizers, E-Cigarettes, and Other Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS)”, in Indian Journal of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, volume 36 (2020), number January, →DOI, pages 202–204:

     Similar to conventional second hand smoking, passive vaping related to E-cigarette also poses threat of developing vaping related lung disorders and possibly cancer. Carcinogenicity of the vapor released depends on multiple factors: type of device, E-liquid composition and ingredients, temperature, technique and so on. Few of the studies have even found E-cigarettes to be more addictive than conventional smoking.

   • 2022 September 1, Jeffery S. Edmiston, Ali A. Rostami, Qiwei Liang, Sandra Miller, Mohamadi A. Sarkar, “Computational modeling method to estimate secondhand exposure potential from exhalations during e-vapor product use under various real-world scenarios”, in Internal and Emergency Medicine, volume 17 (2022), →DOI, pages 2005–2016:

     The principles described in this manuscript can be applied to any product and therefore the results add to the scientific knowledge and understanding of potential passive vaping under various “real-world” conditions. The computational model may be useful in assessing room air levels of constituents among different types of EVPs and estimating potential secondhand EVP exposure under various real-world settings.

• passive vape
• passive vaper
• second-hand vape