Nicotine Extraction Experiment

[dohsma]

Ok so I have read most of the threads regarding extracting nicotine from tobacco, and most seem like they would be too dangerous, or yield little to no nicotine. So I decided to do an experiment. I am currently soaking 1 snus pouch in about 1 ml of distilled water. I'm starting this out very small scale to minimize risk.

In theory snus may yield more nicotine when soaked in water because essentially this is how snus is designed to work. You put the pouch in your lip and the nicotine is absorbed through saliva. Another factor in using snus is that you have a known quantity of nicotine. Depending on the manufacturer each pouch contains between 5-15 grams of nicotine per gram (according to the small amount of research I've done). I realize that you would not be able to extract all of the nicotine from a snus pouch, but you could always scale up or down the amount of snus used, water used, etc.

Currently I have my snus soaking, and after just a couple of minutes the liquid inside became a dark brown color, so something is happening. I'm going to let it soak for several hours, then mix it with VG and give it a whirl. I will update this thread throughout the process and let you know of my results.

Any thoughts on this?

[Wildsky]

I'm trying myself, but with tobacco, not sure how well it will work and no way for me to know how much nicotine is in it. LOL
I hope your experiment works out - I'll be watching!

[dEFinitionofEPIC]

Ok so I have read most of the threads regarding extracting nicotine from tobacco, and most seem like they would be too dangerous, or yield little to no nicotine. So I decided to do an experiment. I am currently soaking 1 snus pouch in about 1 ml of distilled water. I'm starting this out very small scale to minimize risk.

In theory snus may yield more nicotine when soaked in water because essentially this is how snus is designed to work. You put the pouch in your lip and the nicotine is absorbed through saliva. Another factor in using snus is that you have a known quantity of nicotine. Depending on the manufacturer each pouch contains between 5-15 grams of nicotine per gram (according to the small amount of research I've done). I realize that you would not be able to extract all of the nicotine from a snus pouch, but you could always scale up or down the amount of snus used, water used, etc.

Currently I have my snus soaking, and after just a couple of minutes the liquid inside became a dark brown color, so something is happening. I'm going to let it soak for several hours, then mix it with VG and give it a whirl. I will update this thread throughout the process and let you know of my results.

Any thoughts on this?

No idea man... but I'm interested in hearing your results. I would love to know there is an easy way to extract nicotine in case they ban the sale of e-juice. I have no desire to be in my kitchen with all kinds of dangerous chemicals like some kind of mad scientist.

[dohsma]

No idea man... but I'm interested in hearing your results. I would love to know there is an easy way to extract nicotine in case they ban the sale of e-juice. I have no desire to be in my kitchen with all kinds of dangerous chemicals like some kind of mad scientist.

That's why I wanted to try snus. I have no interest in boiling anything on my stove like I got some kind of meth lab going on. If the nicotine can be extracted just with water it would be a cheap easy way to make juice. That is until snus gets banned

[dEFinitionofEPIC]

That's why I wanted to try snus. I have no interest in boiling anything on my stove like I got some kind of meth lab going on. If the nicotine can be extracted just with water it would be a cheap easy way to make juice. That is until snus gets banned

Haha... I hear you. I just started using snus too after hearing about it on this board. It's great but you don't get that whole oral-fixation thing from it. If what you're doing works that would be extremely convenient in case of a ban.....

[dohsma]

Haha... I hear you. I just started using snus too after hearing about it on this board. It's great but you don't get that whole oral-fixation thing from it. If what you're doing works that would be extremely convenient in case of a ban.....

Yeah, snus just started becoming regularly available in my area in the last few months. I just wish I had more options as far as brands. The only ones I can find around me are Camel, which I didn't really like b/c I thought it was way weak. And the other brand available is Tourney, but it's only sold at Speedway convenience stores.

[dohsma]

Update:

Ok the snus has been soaking for 2 hours and the liquid is definitely a heavy brown color. I smelled it and it definitely smells like tobacco. My unknowns here are 1) how long to soak for. In the snus world they say most of the nicotine is gone after about an hour. 2) Is there anything else in saliva that activates the snus as opposed to using just water. No idea here. 3) It would be impossible to tell how much nicotine is in the liquid. But again I think this is more controlled than using loose tobacco if we know the amount of nicotine per gram.

I will keep everyone updated in this process.

[b00stzx3]

Email the makers. Probably Phillip Morris. Sounds like a good idea, but with the whole soaking thing, I worry were getting "contaminated" e-juice. I hate tobacco, just love nicotine, but these DIY methods seem to be tobacco even when its extracted.

[dEFinitionofEPIC]

Email the makers. Probably Phillip Morris. Sounds like a good idea, but with the whole soaking thing, I worry were getting "contaminated" e-juice. I hate tobacco, just love nicotine, but these DIY methods seem to be tobacco even when its extracted.

I hear you... the only thing I'm interested in is the nicotine. The good thing about doing it with snus though (versus regular smokeless tobacco) is it has the lowest carcinogenic levels out of any tobacco product. So that combined with the fact that you're not burning anything and you're not getting any of the other chemicals they put in cigarettes leads me to believe it would be pretty safe.... though I'm no scientist

[b00stzx3]

Ahhh I didn't even condiser that. My apologies! Keep going, were gonna need to figure out the juice when the FDA bans it!