Tobacco Smoke, Vaping, and Asthma AAFA.org It's Not Just Cigarettes: Vape Residue Sticks on Surfaces Too Thirdhand Smoke Resource Center When someone vapes around others they expose them to 'second hand aerosol'. But what happens to that aerosol then? Does it disappear or is it like cigarette smoke and stays around, sticking to Secondhand Smoke and Electronic Cigarette Aerosols US EPA