Health effects of electronic cigarettes Wikipedia Myth: Vape & heated tobacco products are safer alternatives to cigarettes. Truth: They are harmful products; they contain nicotine & toxic substances that can have harmful effects & long term consequences on brain Do electronic cigarettes create thirdhand chemical residue? Thirdhand Smoke Resource Center Vape Drugging Alert: What You Need to Know Perpetrators can alter vape cartridges with drugs like GHB or synthetic cannabinoids to incapacitate victimsoften leading to drug facilitated sexual assault (DFSA).