It's not just the nicotine...
Why do we smoke? Why do some of us not find vaping satisfying?
As the dominant tobacco alkaloid at perhaps 90% (edit: or even 95%) by weight in the tobacco alkaloid spread, nicotine gets all the attention, with the other 5-10% by weight of tobacco alkaloids being largely ignored.
It is not nicotine that hooks us, it is nicotine plus the all the other tobacco alkaloids. For many, nicotine e-liquid is unsatisfying. These folks vape high concentrations chasing what no amount of nicotine can give them.
Add the other 5-10% of the tobacco alkaloids to the nicotine, and now you've got something that will take the edge off.
The defect of nicotine e-liquid is simple: It is an overly-processed product. We don't want nicotine e-liquid, we want whole tobacco alkaloid e-liquid.
Give vapers (especially those who just can't get satisfaction from regular e-liquid) a WTA e-liquid, and they'll happily vape, prolong their life and quality of life immeasurably, and smile and say "no thanks" to all those who wish to purge their chosen behavior.
They might quit entirely, they might not. But they will exercise their freedom of choice, something increasingly under attack in this nanny-infested society. If nothing else, they will free themselves forever from having no viable alternative to the inhalation of burning tobacco.
Tobacco alkaloids are not harmless, especially compared to not consuming any at all. However, consuming them in e-liquid separated from the pyrolysis products (tobacco smoke), certainly represents a significant harm reduction.
Edit: Feb 2010 - Since WTA e-liquid isn't available commercially (I've only made it on a test-scale), looking into Swedish Snus might provide the "edge" that's missing. Many have said, "Me, snus? You've got to be kidding!", and many of these same people now swear by it.
You can look up more info on snus here on ECF: Other Alternatives to Smoking.
If you're doing fine with vaping, snus probably isn't for you, but if you're being driven crazy by the desire to smoke despite vaping, or if you're finding yourself upping your eliquid nicotine to frightening levels, snus may well help.
As the dominant tobacco alkaloid at perhaps 90% (edit: or even 95%) by weight in the tobacco alkaloid spread, nicotine gets all the attention, with the other 5-10% by weight of tobacco alkaloids being largely ignored.
It is not nicotine that hooks us, it is nicotine plus the all the other tobacco alkaloids. For many, nicotine e-liquid is unsatisfying. These folks vape high concentrations chasing what no amount of nicotine can give them.
Add the other 5-10% of the tobacco alkaloids to the nicotine, and now you've got something that will take the edge off.
The defect of nicotine e-liquid is simple: It is an overly-processed product. We don't want nicotine e-liquid, we want whole tobacco alkaloid e-liquid.
Give vapers (especially those who just can't get satisfaction from regular e-liquid) a WTA e-liquid, and they'll happily vape, prolong their life and quality of life immeasurably, and smile and say "no thanks" to all those who wish to purge their chosen behavior.
They might quit entirely, they might not. But they will exercise their freedom of choice, something increasingly under attack in this nanny-infested society. If nothing else, they will free themselves forever from having no viable alternative to the inhalation of burning tobacco.
Tobacco alkaloids are not harmless, especially compared to not consuming any at all. However, consuming them in e-liquid separated from the pyrolysis products (tobacco smoke), certainly represents a significant harm reduction.
Edit: Feb 2010 - Since WTA e-liquid isn't available commercially (I've only made it on a test-scale), looking into Swedish Snus might provide the "edge" that's missing. Many have said, "Me, snus? You've got to be kidding!", and many of these same people now swear by it.
You can look up more info on snus here on ECF: Other Alternatives to Smoking.
If you're doing fine with vaping, snus probably isn't for you, but if you're being driven crazy by the desire to smoke despite vaping, or if you're finding yourself upping your eliquid nicotine to frightening levels, snus may well help.
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I've never thought that nicotine was what addicted us. I think there are many other things in tobacco that does, they just keep that a secret. I also think a lot of the addiction is psychological, much like a baby is happier with a pacifier in his mouth.Posted 11-21-2009 at 12:46 AM by thewomenfolk
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You're in rapidly growing company.
Posted 11-21-2009 at 10:40 AM by DVap - I hope there's no one out there that'll get in the juice business just to put addictive stuff in it. Who'd ever know? That's why we do need some measure of quality control, or maybe the better alternative is to just make our own juice.
Your's is a thought-provoking blog that needed to be written. Thanks.Posted 11-22-2009 at 04:41 AM by thewomenfolk - Trying to get people addicted is one thing, offering a product for the seriously addicted bound-to-keep smoking is quite another.
Unfortunately, there is little space for dialogue with the anti-tobacco forces in any of this. They are accustomed to setting the agenda and controlling the dialog. Any argument contrary to their position is preempted by their foregone conclusion. They need to forcefully be told to go f-themselves, but they're too full of themselves to hear it.Posted 11-22-2009 at 07:41 PM by DVap -
Is creating such an e-liquid with tobacco alkaloids in it even possible? If so why hasn't it been done yet? Or has it?Posted 12-07-2009 at 03:37 PM by roxics - It's possible, I've done it, and several testers say it works very well.
The commercialization of such a liquid is something that some of us believe would draw the ire of all the wrong entities.Posted 12-08-2009 at 12:46 AM by DVap -
I would like to learn how to do it!
Im one of those who will never quit kinda person....
vaping is just not cutting it.......Posted 02-21-2010 at 01:10 AM by jojogardener -
Dvap, sometimes when I read your blogs, I feel like you are seeing inside my head and telling my story. Thanks for all of your hard work and research.Posted 02-21-2010 at 01:33 AM by hittman
