A second post today, just to keep people posted.
Tomorrow I will be 2 weeks cigarette-free, so yay me!
Also I would like to have you know I ordered all the supplies I need to start mixing my own E-juice, this way i'll be able to enjoy vaping even more and I can finally experience the effect of every single component.
I'll provide recipes, reviews and other info about different flavors and how to mix your own E-juice.
See you soon and happy vaping!
Tuesday 24 September 2013
E-liquid ingredients & health
Hey all
Recently I encountered a lot of video's and articles talking about the supposedly negative content in e-liquids and to me it looks like a large amount of bullsh*t.
A lot of people (mostly US) claim the liquids in E-cigarettes contain a lot of toxic substances, although they never show any numbers or any proof to make the claim believable.
I've done my own research and I'll provide my own conclusion underneath.
Now as you probably know already, there are a number of different E-cigarettes on the market.
The brands that provide ready-to-use cartridges for E-cigarettes usually provide very little info on the liquid and it's contents, so for those I cannot say for certain whether they have toxin in them or not.
For the Tankomizers though it is know the ready-for-use bottles of liquid contain a mixture of the following:
- Propylene Glycol
- Vegetable Glycerin
- Flavoring
- distilled water *
- nicotine *
(* not always present)
I could start explaining every substance in detail, but instead i'll just give you the toxicity levels with a general conclusion.
- Propylene Glycol: LD50 18500 mg/kg
- Vegetable Glycerin: LD50 4000 mg/kg
- Flavoring depends on the substance, normally non-toxic food additives
- distilled water consuming large amounts of distilled water will result in water intoxication (90 ml/kg)
- nicotine LD50 3 mg/kg
LD50 means the lethal dose on 50% of the test cases (usually rats or rabbits).
Knowing this, we can calculate the lethal doses for the average person, weighing 80 kg (176 lbs):
- Propylene Glycol 1.48 kg
- Vegetable Glycerin 0.32 kg
- nicotine 240 mg, although health department says the average non-smoker is at lethal risk
starting from 46-60 mg. Non-smokers build up a natural resistance to this toxin.
If we put all this knowledge together, we can conclude that in no way, vaping would be more toxic than regular cigarettes.
Especially if you are trying to quit smoking, and decrease your nicotine amount overtime, I can't see any reason why people are so obsessed with trying to prove it's unhealthy.
Vaping is no more lethal than drinking coffee or alcohol, much less lethal than soft drinks if you vape without nicotine.
A few tips: Invest in a decent vaper, as the cheaper ones (especially the pre-made cartridges you buy in the 24/7 store) often aren't mixed well, which will result in nicotine spikes when vaping, and this is probably the highest danger of e-cigarettes.
I hope this info helps ridding the world of paranoid skeptics who can't accept something new, because it's new and that you now posses the knowledge you need to explain people about vaping.
Happy vaping!
Recently I encountered a lot of video's and articles talking about the supposedly negative content in e-liquids and to me it looks like a large amount of bullsh*t.
A lot of people (mostly US) claim the liquids in E-cigarettes contain a lot of toxic substances, although they never show any numbers or any proof to make the claim believable.
I've done my own research and I'll provide my own conclusion underneath.
Now as you probably know already, there are a number of different E-cigarettes on the market.
The brands that provide ready-to-use cartridges for E-cigarettes usually provide very little info on the liquid and it's contents, so for those I cannot say for certain whether they have toxin in them or not.
For the Tankomizers though it is know the ready-for-use bottles of liquid contain a mixture of the following:
- Propylene Glycol
- Vegetable Glycerin
- Flavoring
- distilled water *
- nicotine *
(* not always present)
I could start explaining every substance in detail, but instead i'll just give you the toxicity levels with a general conclusion.
- Propylene Glycol: LD50 18500 mg/kg
- Vegetable Glycerin: LD50 4000 mg/kg
- Flavoring depends on the substance, normally non-toxic food additives
- distilled water consuming large amounts of distilled water will result in water intoxication (90 ml/kg)
- nicotine LD50 3 mg/kg
LD50 means the lethal dose on 50% of the test cases (usually rats or rabbits).
Knowing this, we can calculate the lethal doses for the average person, weighing 80 kg (176 lbs):
- Propylene Glycol 1.48 kg
- Vegetable Glycerin 0.32 kg
- nicotine 240 mg, although health department says the average non-smoker is at lethal risk
starting from 46-60 mg. Non-smokers build up a natural resistance to this toxin.
If we put all this knowledge together, we can conclude that in no way, vaping would be more toxic than regular cigarettes.
Especially if you are trying to quit smoking, and decrease your nicotine amount overtime, I can't see any reason why people are so obsessed with trying to prove it's unhealthy.
Vaping is no more lethal than drinking coffee or alcohol, much less lethal than soft drinks if you vape without nicotine.
A few tips: Invest in a decent vaper, as the cheaper ones (especially the pre-made cartridges you buy in the 24/7 store) often aren't mixed well, which will result in nicotine spikes when vaping, and this is probably the highest danger of e-cigarettes.
I hope this info helps ridding the world of paranoid skeptics who can't accept something new, because it's new and that you now posses the knowledge you need to explain people about vaping.
Happy vaping!
Friday 13 September 2013
Success
Hey all
For anyone following my blog, I just wanted to tell you I succeeded in working all night without cigarettes, just my cherry-flavored E-cigarette.
If I can keep this up, I'll be done smoking regular cigarettes soon, with only my E-cigarette.
I'm cutting back the nicotine content daily, so one day i'll be free from nicotine as well so I can keep the nicotine for special occasions to enjoy it even more.
It is possible if you want to, just find the way that suits you best ;)
For anyone following my blog, I just wanted to tell you I succeeded in working all night without cigarettes, just my cherry-flavored E-cigarette.
If I can keep this up, I'll be done smoking regular cigarettes soon, with only my E-cigarette.
I'm cutting back the nicotine content daily, so one day i'll be free from nicotine as well so I can keep the nicotine for special occasions to enjoy it even more.
It is possible if you want to, just find the way that suits you best ;)
E-cigarettes: how does it work and what kinds are there?
Hello again
In my previous post I talked about how started vaping.
This time i would like to talk about the different kinds of E-cigarettes and how they work.
In general, all E-cigarettes work the same and consist of three major parts.
- A cartridge or tank containing the liquid to be vaporized
- something called an atomizer, this part will heat up the liquid to vaporize it
- a battery supplying power to the atomizer
Now we can imagine how it works. The battery powers the atomizer to heat up the liquid to a vapor state, so it can be inhaled.
With that in mind we can start talking about different kinds of E-cigarettes.
Once again there are 3 major groups.
- disposables:
these are ready-to-use e-cigarettes that can not be reused or refilled.
Battery dead or cartridge empty -> waste bin
These are great to have a first try at vaping as they are cheap. If this product somewhat appeals to you, it might be interesting to try a reusable one, because from here on it only gets better.
Disposables come in tobacco and menthol flavor and cost about 5-6€ each. one of these is an equivalent to a big packet of cigarettes.
- cartridge e-cigarettes:
Simple chargeable battery and disposable cartridges. Flavors and nicotine content are usually limited, depending on the brand.
These are a great way to try out vaping on longer term. For me it helped getting started but i wanted more out of the experience, which brings me to the last kind of E-cigarette (the last one i know).
- Tankomizers:
This kind of E-cigarette has a tank and atomizer combined. It does not use disposable cartridges, simply fill up the reservoir with E-liquid (or E-juice) and it will probably last you the entire day, if not longer.
Starter kits usually contain two batteries, two tankomizers, a USB-adapter, a USB wall plug, a USB car adapter, a bottle of E-liquid and a nice case to put it all in and take it with you. most of these have some way of letting you see into the tank to check the amount of liquid inside, so you are always prepared and you know exactly how much you vaped.
In my previous post I talked about how started vaping.
This time i would like to talk about the different kinds of E-cigarettes and how they work.
In general, all E-cigarettes work the same and consist of three major parts.
- A cartridge or tank containing the liquid to be vaporized
- something called an atomizer, this part will heat up the liquid to vaporize it
- a battery supplying power to the atomizer
Now we can imagine how it works. The battery powers the atomizer to heat up the liquid to a vapor state, so it can be inhaled.
With that in mind we can start talking about different kinds of E-cigarettes.
Once again there are 3 major groups.
- disposables:
these are ready-to-use e-cigarettes that can not be reused or refilled.
Battery dead or cartridge empty -> waste bin
These are great to have a first try at vaping as they are cheap. If this product somewhat appeals to you, it might be interesting to try a reusable one, because from here on it only gets better.
- cartridge e-cigarettes:
Simple chargeable battery and disposable cartridges. Flavors and nicotine content are usually limited, depending on the brand.
These are a great way to try out vaping on longer term. For me it helped getting started but i wanted more out of the experience, which brings me to the last kind of E-cigarette (the last one i know).
- Tankomizers:
This kind of E-cigarette has a tank and atomizer combined. It does not use disposable cartridges, simply fill up the reservoir with E-liquid (or E-juice) and it will probably last you the entire day, if not longer.
Starter kits usually contain two batteries, two tankomizers, a USB-adapter, a USB wall plug, a USB car adapter, a bottle of E-liquid and a nice case to put it all in and take it with you. most of these have some way of letting you see into the tank to check the amount of liquid inside, so you are always prepared and you know exactly how much you vaped.
The best thing about these is the amount of flavors available and the fact that you can mix and blend different liquids to make your perfect taste and even decide the amount of nicotine. I'll be talking about the liquids in detail in a later post, but I will tell you so far i have found over 100 different tastes on a single website.
I hope once again you enjoyed reading this and I can help others to give up smoking.
Hope to see you next time ;)
First vape
Hey everyone
I thought i might start a blog about the so called 'vaping'.
I'm quite new to the subject myself so here everyone can follow my experience from the start.
Let's start with explaining what 'vaping' is.
Vaping is the term used when people talk about 'smoking' electric cigarettes.
This because electric cigarettes don't produce smoke, like regular cigarettes, but vaporize a liquid to give the feeling of smoking, hence it's called 'vaping'.
In this first post I will tell you how I started vaping and how it escalated. In a later posts I'll be talking about how an electronic cigarette works, what the differences are and about the flavors and nicotine content.
My first encounter was an electronic cigarette that didn't contain nicotine and didn't need any kind of refill, for all it did was use the hydrogen in the air to convert it to some kind of vapor. I liked it mostly because it would fit my habit, without encouraging a nicotine addiction, but in the end i never used it seriously.
Years passed, I started working and to my horror I noticed I started smoking more and more, just to kill time. I felt my physical fitness dropping and started coughing more often than i used to after a cigarette, so i decided something had to be done and i needed to at least cut back on the 'cancersticks', so i bought myself a cheap electronic cigarette at a local night shop.
The product i bought was an older generation electronic cigarette that uses pre-made disposables cartridges that contain the liquid. it cost me 15€ for the whole package containing the device (that looked like a slightly bigger than average cigarette), a USB connector, a USB wall plug, a USB car-charger and 10 cartridges with a normal amount of nicotine.
This package got me going for about 2 weeks and made me cut back to 5-7 cigarettes a day (about half of the usual i smoked in that time).
I used it mainly on occasions when i used to smoke, but didn't fully enjoy the cigarette, so I wouldn't get the feeling I cut back.
During those 2 weeks I started researching on the subject and i noticed there are a some different brands and 2 major differences in E-cigarette types, which I'll be explaining in a later post.
In the end I felt the cheap E-cigarette from the night shop didn't fully satisfy my needs so i bought a more expensive one online.
The new one i bought used a reusable tank (+- 2 ml) that can be filled with any E-liquid (special liquid for electronic cigarettes, once again I'll get more in detail on that subject in a later post) or mixture of liquids that you find enjoyable.
After about 3 weeks I almost completely quit smoking and now mainly use my E-cigarette with a mixture of 4/5 cherry-flavored liquid (0% nicotine) and 1/5 tobacco flavored liquid (2.4mg/ml).
I hope this testimony will get other smokers to try and stop smoking and start vaping.
More posts comming soon ;)
I thought i might start a blog about the so called 'vaping'.
I'm quite new to the subject myself so here everyone can follow my experience from the start.
Let's start with explaining what 'vaping' is.
Vaping is the term used when people talk about 'smoking' electric cigarettes.
This because electric cigarettes don't produce smoke, like regular cigarettes, but vaporize a liquid to give the feeling of smoking, hence it's called 'vaping'.
In this first post I will tell you how I started vaping and how it escalated. In a later posts I'll be talking about how an electronic cigarette works, what the differences are and about the flavors and nicotine content.
My first encounter was an electronic cigarette that didn't contain nicotine and didn't need any kind of refill, for all it did was use the hydrogen in the air to convert it to some kind of vapor. I liked it mostly because it would fit my habit, without encouraging a nicotine addiction, but in the end i never used it seriously.
Years passed, I started working and to my horror I noticed I started smoking more and more, just to kill time. I felt my physical fitness dropping and started coughing more often than i used to after a cigarette, so i decided something had to be done and i needed to at least cut back on the 'cancersticks', so i bought myself a cheap electronic cigarette at a local night shop.
The product i bought was an older generation electronic cigarette that uses pre-made disposables cartridges that contain the liquid. it cost me 15€ for the whole package containing the device (that looked like a slightly bigger than average cigarette), a USB connector, a USB wall plug, a USB car-charger and 10 cartridges with a normal amount of nicotine.
This package got me going for about 2 weeks and made me cut back to 5-7 cigarettes a day (about half of the usual i smoked in that time).
I used it mainly on occasions when i used to smoke, but didn't fully enjoy the cigarette, so I wouldn't get the feeling I cut back.
During those 2 weeks I started researching on the subject and i noticed there are a some different brands and 2 major differences in E-cigarette types, which I'll be explaining in a later post.
In the end I felt the cheap E-cigarette from the night shop didn't fully satisfy my needs so i bought a more expensive one online.
The new one i bought used a reusable tank (+- 2 ml) that can be filled with any E-liquid (special liquid for electronic cigarettes, once again I'll get more in detail on that subject in a later post) or mixture of liquids that you find enjoyable.
After about 3 weeks I almost completely quit smoking and now mainly use my E-cigarette with a mixture of 4/5 cherry-flavored liquid (0% nicotine) and 1/5 tobacco flavored liquid (2.4mg/ml).
I hope this testimony will get other smokers to try and stop smoking and start vaping.
More posts comming soon ;)
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