What Happens If You Vaped for 24 Hours Straight?

WHAT IF

What would it do to your lungs?

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00:00 *Dubstep music*

00:16 *Gibberish*

00:18 *Gasp*

00:18 *Cough*

00:19 *Cough*

00:21 Are you ready to join Vape Nation?

00:24 Vape Nation!

00:26 *Airhorn*

00:29 And we mean really join it.

00:31 Because you'll be vaping for 24 hours straight.

00:35 No breaks.

00:36 *Gasp*

00:37 Okay, maybe we'll let you go to the bathroom.

00:40 *Cough*

00:41 Let's find out.

00:42 Is vaping really dangerous?

00:44 What would vaping for 24 hours do to your lungs?

00:49 And is it possible to overdose from vaping?

00:53 This is WHAT IF,

00:56 and here's what would happen if you vaped for 24 hours straight.

01:01 How dangerous is vaping exactly?

01:04 Well, we're not entirely sure yet.

01:07 According to the Centers for Disease Control,

01:10 there have been about 2,300 vaping-related medical incidents in the United States.

01:15 Many of these patients were suffering from chest pains and nausea,

01:19 but nearly 50 people have died from vaping.

01:22 Now, keep in mind that there have only been a couple of thousand issues

01:26 among 35 million vapers worldwide.

01:29 So sure, it's probably far from being a health food,

01:34 and vaping should probably be done in moderation.

01:37 But let's throw all that out the window

01:40 and vape for 24 hours straight,

01:42 just because we can.

01:44 First, we need to figure out what kind of vape we're using.

01:48 Let's go with the variety that contains nicotine,

01:51 as it's the most common kind of e-cigarette.

01:55 How many puffs would you even be able to take in a single day?

01:58 Well, let's say you're really into vaping,

02:01 so you want to take a puff roughly every single minute,

02:04 in between bites of food,

02:06 while you're going to the washroom,

02:07 and definitely when you're sitting on the couch.

02:09 If you were to do this,

02:11 you could take 1,440 puffs of your vape in 24 hours.

02:15 Fat clouds, bro.

02:18 If that doesn't sound like a lot to you,

02:22 let's put these numbers in perspective.

02:24 A 2015 study found that,

02:26 on average, a vapor's daily puff intake is about 132.

02:31 So multiplying this by more than 10

02:34 would be quite a lot of vapor, man.

02:37 And yes, we do mean vapor,

02:40 since e-cigarettes don't actually produce any sort of smoke.

02:44 Even though it can get smelly

02:46 and appears like smoke from a cigarette,

02:48 it's just water vapor

02:50 and either propylene glycol or vegetable glycerin.

02:53 But your vapor-filled room

02:55 will actually be the least of your worries

02:57 once you're about halfway through your 10 mL cartridge

02:59 of Galactic Milk vape juice.

03:01 Now you're starting to feel queasy.

03:04 That's because you might be starting to get nicotine poisoning.

03:08 Yeah, sorry about that.

03:10 We probably should have warned you off the top.

03:12 So how did this happen, anyway?

03:15 Well, if your vape cartridge is lightly nicotine-flavored,

03:19 that gives you about 12 mg of nicotine

03:22 per mL of vape juice.

03:23 And once you're about 500 puffs into your epic vape sesh,

03:27 you'll be about halfway through your cartridge.

03:30 This means you've just inhaled 60 mg of nicotine,

03:34 which is equivalent to about 60 cigarettes.

03:37 According to the CDC,

03:39 this is enough to get nicotine poisoning,

03:41 although some research suggests otherwise.

03:43 Regardless of the specific numbers,

03:47 smoking this much in such a short period of time can't be good.

03:51 And will most likely result in some sort of nicotine poisoning.

03:55 This doesn't mean you're overdosing,

03:57 which would result in death.

03:59 Luckily for you,

04:01 researchers think this is almost impossible to happen.

04:04 That's because by the time nicotine reaches a lethal concentration in your body,

04:08 you'll end up vomiting all over the place.

04:11 And it wouldn't just be coming out of your mouth, either.

04:14 It would be coming out the other end as well.

04:16 Although nicotine is used to relax and keep you at ease,

04:21 you'd be experiencing the opposite,

04:23 with heart palpitations and fading in and out of consciousness.

04:27 This would definitely be scary and gross,

04:31 but it would flush the toxins out of you,

04:33 so you won't die this time.

04:35 And if you're a vapor who doesn't use nicotine,

04:38 then you'll still have some things to worry about.

04:41 The heating element in an e-cigarette emits tiny particles that include metals.

04:46 These can be dangerous to the lungs and get into your circulatory system.

04:51 These particles have been linked to things like high blood pressure and heart attacks.

04:55 So if you were to do this for 24 hours straight,

04:58 there's a good chance you'd end up in the hospital.

05:01 Let's face it, there probably isn't a single thing that you should be doing for 24 hours straight.

05:06 If you are going to vape,

05:09 try not to do it for that long.

05:11 Please.

05:12 Another thing you shouldn't be doing for 24 hours straight

05:16 is going without sleep.

05:18 What would that do to you?

05:21 Well, that's a story for another WHAT IF.

05:25 (upbeat music)

05:27 (upbeat music)

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