[discostu]

The difference between those drops and fumes is ingestion. If you DIRECTLY ingest those drops yeah that’ll kill you. You if put those drops on a hot pan and inhale the fumes it won’t kill you because you’ll get a small fraction of the nicotine. In order for the fumes to kill what you’ll needs is:
1 - a lot of juice
2 - a small entirely unventilated room
3 - tall people that will get to the fumes up high in their highest concentration

Really it’s the urban legend of the guy that suffocated on his own farts. Theoretically possible, but in practice unlikely to the point of not going to happen.

Meanwhile we make rubbing alcohol smell (and taste) good and it actually DOES hurt kids:
http://safety.lovetoknow.com/Hand_Sanitizer_Dangers

But it’s not the evil nicotine so nobody cares.

[Star Traveler]

What I’m saying is that the danger ranges from a few drops killing on contact - to - just the fumes given off killing you — all of which is dependent on the concentration. And when people get into their own mixing - then you’re talking about the “killing concentrations”.

I decided I wanted nothing to do with it - as I said in my previous post.

[Star Traveler]

Here’s some data ...

60 milligrams (one drop) would kill you instantly. The LD/50 (lethal dose) for humans is .9 mg nicotine/ 1 kg of body weight. It would take approx. 45 mg for a 110 lb person or approx. 115 mg for a 285 lb person. Death could be in as little as seconds due to respiratory failure. Very large doses in relation to body weight have been described as near instantaneous.

[RandallFlagg]

The difference between those drops and fumes is ingestion. If you DIRECTLY ingest those drops yeah that’ll kill you.

Actually, no.

As one who was using e-cigs back in the past when it took a month to get the e-cig supplies from China, that's not true.

I can't tell you how many times I've drawn too hard from the old 901 models and ended up with a mouthful of nicotine fluid.
To this day, I'm still above ground, so that nicotine fluid isn't really all that toxic.
They do, however, taste like burnt a$$ if you happen to actually taste the stuff.

I'm SO glad that the technology has advanced to the point that we, "Vapers," don't have to worry about that anymore.

We just have to worry about the nannystatists and tobaccophobes who want more control over the lives of free Americans.