What is cuticle wax? the oily, fatty outer layer of lipids that cover the surface of most flowering cannabis plants, including hemp.
Traditional smoking as a blunt or joint, smoking with a bowl, and smoking with a bong, burns away the cuticle layer, removing concern about respiratory issues
Vaping is at lower temperatures and does not burn away the wax
Steep Hill Labs speculates these waxes could collect in the lungs as solidified granulomas - no clinical studies yet on this issue
Solution: look for products that include winterization - this is a process to remove at least some of these lipids, waxes and fatty acids