Glycerin

[jamie]

continuing different topic from thread: My e-cigarette has arrived.... from ecig.com

Originally Posted by Nazareth

McSocker- Amazon.com has pure vegetable Glycerin- don't get stuff that doesn't say Vegetable Glycerin or has other stuff in it.

Most of the Amazon results for Vegetable Glycerin contain no other information about the product. I've been looking up the resultant brands on other websites based on their photos and much of it is pharm grade, not food grade. So be cautious folks.

Anyone who has already found the appropriate type glycerin, it would certainly be helpful to fellow members if you'd post a link or photo of an appropriate glycerin.

UPDT: From what I've read it seems that Glycerin is an oil. We've talked quite a bit on this board about why oil, atomizers, and lungs don't mix. Can anyone help me understand why this form of apparent oil is a good PG substitute or cart addition?

[TropicalBob]

If you find something different, let me know, but PG breaks down to lactic acid, which our bodies can handle, while glycerine breaks down to glucose, which we also handle. Notice that PG feels oily. Glycerine is no different, as far as I can tell. The important thing is what happens to it after we inhale it. Does it stay stuck to lungs like an oil? Bad. Or does it break down and get assimilated? Ok.

Do know that Dr. Loi had no qualms about substituting glycerine for PG.

[Nazareth]

Here's a link talking abotu inhaling oils- kind of interesting Medical record - Google Book Search

There's also one link on Amazon for a vegetable based glycerin that isn't pharmaceuticle grade- I spose as long as ity just doesn't contain any iother stuff in it it's fine- I've been using glycerin from Walmart for awhile now and it's not gumming up the atomizer as far as I can tell- Almost All eliquid contains an amount of glycerin- though it's usually low, but I beleive PG is an oil derived from diesel oil I believe- it's a byproduct if I remember right

[Nazareth]

alsoe, here's an article abotu eclipse which discusses what was in them & it was abotu 35% gylcerin

Machine-inhalation tests conducted
under Federal Trade Commission standards
showed that Eclipse delivers 0.2
mg to 0.4 mg of nicotine while regular
cigarettes deliver 0.8 mg to 0.9 mg.
About 50% of the paniculate part of
Eclipse tobacco smoke — the tar —
consists of glycerol and about 33% is
water. The remainder consists of other
tobacco smoke constituents so that —
compared
with traditional
cigarettes
— a
reduction of
85% to 90%
of toxins and
carcinogenic
agents is
achieved, the
company said.
Eclipse's
carbon monoxide
yield is 8 mg. This is only
slightly less than the 10 mg to 12 mg
obtained from regular low-tar cigarettes.
Because Eclipse is heated rather than
burned, its environmental tobacco
smoke does not consist of highly toxic
and cancerous pyrolysis products such

http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/r...88/19/1341.pdf

I posit that inhaling Glycerin is far safer than inhaling 4000 or so poisons from regular cigarettes

[RatInDaHat]

where did you find glycerin at walmart?

[Nazareth]

in the skin care isle beleive it or not- over by hte pharmacy secrtion (most wlamarts are set up similar, so look for that area) It was nestled amoung some skin lotions- it was in a clear roundish bottle with flip top- but note- I do NOT know if it is vegetable based or even food grade stuff- I am takign a bit of risk using it- but I have read most glycerin for use on skin is veggie based- but hte bottle didn't specify

[RatInDaHat]

hmm.. you think it is safe to ingest? maybe i'll run by walmart later.

[RatInDaHat]

do you know the brand? might be able to find out on the internet

[jamie]

Wow, look at all the helpful posts in less than an hour!

[Nazareth]

HUMCO is the name on it- under hte "Drug Facts" it states "Glycerin 99.9% Anhydrous" Not sure what "Anhydrous" means- Uner "Use" it says "Helps protect chapped hands and lips" so I'm guessing if it's used on lips it probably can be ingested in small amounts

It comes in 6 oz clear bottle with a pink label on it