Alcohol tests and vaping

[Mini194]

Hello everyone,

I'm being paranoid if I'm honest. However I see a story break the other day of a chap blaming his drink driving on his e-cig. I didn't believe him but it did get me thinking. I'm about to start work on the rails and I will be randomly drug tested. They have a zero tolerance to alcohol so if I register 0.01 I still lose my job. Does anyone know if vaping can affect your alcohol levels or better, has any vapers had any problems with drink tests whilst vaping?

Cheers all, please feel free to take the piss out of me for the silly question I'm sure I know the answer too!

 

[nezza]

I don't drive but i can honestly say i have never got drunk from vaping only from drinking lol

 

[Mini194]

I don't drive but i can honestly say i have never got drunk from vaping only from drinking lol

Haha I know that some Liquids have ethanol or acohol in them and I just need to know if it will register a trace big enough to come up on a drugs test! Would be a laugh if you could get drunk off a vape tho!

 

[Lord Grim]

I am D and A tested regularly in work and have also been known to use vodka in some of my home blends to thin them down a bit.
I have never failed or even been referred.

Also, look at it this way: Your average tank holds 5ml (or less). Lets assume that to thin your juice you use 5% vodka.
So 5% of that 5ml is vodka. (0.25 ml)
40% of that vodka is alcohol by volume. (0.1 ml)
If it takes 4 hours (and it'll probably take longer unless you are sub-ohming heavily) to vape that tank, you'll be taking in 0.025ml of alcohol per hour.
And that's blood alcohol, not all of which will show up on a breathalyser.

I know this takes a lot of things for granted, but you can't deny that it's highly unlikely that the story you read was true.....

 

[Mini194]

I am D and A tested regularly in work and have also been known to use vodka in some of my home blends to thin them down a bit.
I have never failed or even been referred.

Also, look at it this way: Your average tank holds 5ml (or less). Lets assume that to thin your juice you use 5% vodka.
So 5% of that 5ml is vodka. (0.05 ml)
40% of that vodka is alcohol by volume. (0.02 ml)
If it takes 4 hours (and it'll probably take longer unless you are sub-ohming heavily) to vape that tank, you'll be taking in 0.005ml of alcohol per hour.
And that's blood alcohol, not all of which will show up on a breathalyser.

I know this takes a lot of things for granted, but you can't deny that it's highly unlikely that the story you read was true.....

Cheers mate, with regards to the story it was obviously someone trying it on, just didn't know if vaping would ever leave a trace of alcohol large enough to read on a D & A test!

Thanks mate feel a lot less paranoid now!

 

[Ment]

You could get drunk by vaping pure vodka, but firstly, it would catch fire, and secondly, the law doesn't give a damn how you came to be drunk anyway.

 

[Mrsdown]

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Hello everyone,

I'm being paranoid if I'm honest. However I see a story break the other day of a chap blaming his drink driving on his e-cig. I didn't believe him but it did get me thinking. I'm about to start work on the rails and I will be randomly drug tested. They have a zero tolerance to alcohol so if I register 0.01 I still lose my job. Does anyone know if vaping can affect your alcohol levels or better, has any vapers had any problems with drink tests whilst vaping?

Cheers all, please feel free to take the piss out of me for the silly question I'm sure I know the answer too!

Hi i also work for railway. I dont drink but vape and had a random test the other day. It came back clear so hope that helps

 

[city461]

You could get drunk by vaping pure vodka, but firstly, it would catch fire, and secondly, the law doesn't give a damn how you came to be drunk anyway.

Fucking hell @Ment. Why give wacky races @3dj another idea...he's bad enough drinking the stuff...

 

[Mini194]

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Hi i also work for railway. I dont drink but vape and had a random test the other day. It came back clear so hope that helps

Thanks a lot mate, silly question really but just needed to be sure!

 

[Ment]

Fucking hell @Ment. Why give wacky races @3dj another idea...he's bad enough drinking the stuff...

Well you'd better stop him setting himself on fire...............