“Well it’s not nearly as bad as smoking tobacco, right?” People who vape often reassure themselves that what they – and people around them – are inhaling won’t cause much damage to their health, at least compared to cigarettes. After all, manufacturers market their strawberry or piña colada-flavoured liquid nicotine as a seemingly harmless alternative to tobacco. While vapes have been shown to also cause cancer, lung damage and addiction, are things just as bad for passive vapers? “E-cigarettes do not emit all the harmful substances contained in tobacco smoke,” says Prof. Hans-Jürgen Nentwich,…