E-liquid: The Meat and Potatoes of The Vapor Cigarette
- November 24, 2011
- E-Liquid,Electronic Cigarettes
Smoking is banned in most public places and for good reason. Secondhand smoke is now found to be as bad in its carcinogenic effects as first-hand smoke. Secondhand smoke is of two types. The first type is called mainstream smoking which is inhaling smoke from the exhaled air of a smoker. The second type is side stream smoke which is the smoke that emanates from a lit cigarette. Both forms are deadly and not appreciated by non-smokers. If the effects of secondhand smoke are as bad as described, the dangerous harm that first hand smoke can cause can only be imagined.
Having tried many smoking cessation methods, people are resorting to electronic cigarettes as word gets out of its efficacy. While this is certainly no foolproof method, electronic cigarettes try very hard in mimicking both the taste and feel of real cigarettes. Much like real cigarettes electronic cigarettes can be held between the fingers and handled the same way. The so-called lit end of electronic cigarettes actually glows when a puff is taken on the mouthpiece.
Electronic cigarettes are a safe way to take in nicotine omitting all the effects of the 400 toxins that constitute cigarette smoke. A smoker that is new to electronic cigarettes may be intimidated by the process. The concept of electronic cigarettes while novel has been around for a period of eight years but has only recently picked up steam in America. The use of electronic cigarettes is simple and is fully explained by customer service reps of online vendors.
When first going down the road of vapor cigarette smoking, it is recommended that one purchase a vapor cigarette starter kit. The vapor cigarette is a truly sleek device that contains only three components. These components of the vapor cigarette screw onto each other tightly. They are the atomizer, power supply and the E-liquid reservoir or cartridge. The vapor cigarette has come a long way since its first design in the early part of the last decade. The earlier vapor cigarette models were clumsy albeit effective. However the latest vapor cigarettes designs leave nothing to the imagination by producing a near perfect replication of the classic cigarette.
The most important part of the vapor cigarette is the E-liquid cartridge. This E-liquid cartridge contains the nicotine suspended in a solution of either propylene glycol, polyethylene glycol 400 or glycerin. In addition, there are flavor enhancers added to the E-liquid that make the E-liquid a truly unique concoction. The E-liquid can be customized to a user’s taste. In fact E-liquid is available in different nicotine concentrations so that a heavy smoker can avail of a high nicotine concentration E-liquid while a more casual smoker may prefer low concentration nicotine E-liquid. Also, a tremendously favorable aspect is the reasonable pricing of E-liquid cartridges. E-liquid cartridge is available for as low as $3 while a pack of cigarettes can cost up to $10; the E-liquid cartridge lasts as long as a pack of cigarettes.
