Thirdhand Smoke Resource Center Protecting Californians Is Secondhand Vape Smoke Bad for You? The Truth on the Trend Molekule Sitting somewhere when a cloud of cotton candy vapor washes over you? If you can smell the sweet scent of a vape, that's not a great sign. Despite widespread smoke free policies in California, rates of recent exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke, vape aerosol, and cannabis smoke among adults aged 1864 have been slowly increasing since 2020, with vape exposure