I did mine differently

**slowv** · 03-20-2010, 07:13 AM

Polonium-210 You may want to google this. It is the element that causes most cancers in relation to tobacco.

**JoeMcPlumber** · 03-20-2010, 10:15 PM

Sorry but was there any consensus on this thread
about using loose tobacco?
I am out of juice but i do have a packet
of dried-out American Spirit from my former habit,
and a bottle of PG.

I'm confused because OP said
there probably wasn't much nicotine in the snus product,
that it was mostly for the flavor,
then someone else said we're using the snus
because the nicotine content is quantified,
and we don't want nicotine poisoning.

"Experiment complete.
Begin test vaping.
Am I crapping myself?
No!
Keep vaping!"

After all you folks have done for me i'd be your guinea pig
for just about any experiment,
but i have to draw the line at crapping myself.

Heck, maybe this just means it's time for me to see
if i can get along without any nicotine in my juice.
But i wasn't quite ready for that.

- joe

**JoeMcPlumber** · 03-23-2010, 01:47 AM

OK so i got to town and bought a tin of Camel "Frost" snus;
it has a very minty odor, so i thought it might yield a minty juice.

Not wanting to fool around, and reading about the guy who tried four packets
but didn't get much out of it, i did....

- 10ml (~2tsp) VG
- 2 packets snus
- Soaked for one hour, stirring occasionally
- At about one hour, smoosh packets to get brown goodness out, soak a bit longer
- Remove packets and squeeze remaining brown goodness.
- Got a few particles in my juice, maybe squoze the packets too zealously.
- Diluted with 2.5ml (~1/2tsp) distilled water, which may have been a bit too much.

First impressions... (dripped directly on to atty crudded with leftover chocolate toffee)...

- Minty flavor seems to have diminished in the process, if it was ever there.
- Very strong tobacco flavor, much as OP described, very much like smoking a cigarette as opposed to the "tobacco-flavored" juices i've gotten commercially and which my wife has dubbed "dirty sock flavor" and refuses to permit in the house.
- Nicotine delivery inconclusive. (I *think* that i caught a buzz, but i've been vaping really low-nic juice.)
- I have not crapped my pants.

Personal observations...

This is probably not for me.
At minimum, owing to cigarette-like flavor,
it reminds me too much of cigarettes.
I'm glad i don't smoke anymore,
don't want something that tastes so much like smoking.
Also concerned about the chemical composition.
So i will probably cut it with more VG and chocolate toffee,
and it will get me through until i get some juice ordered.

In any case ^there's another experience to add to the experience kitty.
Sorta strange, that my results seem similar to OP's description,
when he used only one packet in an ounce of PG.
Maybe PG is better solvent, or quicker, than VG?

Anyway bottom line i DO have juice, and i have NOT crapped myself.
So kudos and gratitude to OP,
thanks,

- joe

**gigleo** · 03-23-2010, 02:14 AM

I had to try it.

Got tin of Camel Mellow
Put 1 packet in 6ml bottle and topped off with PG.
let sit for 3 hours shaking about every 15min

Not bad, little bit of a sweet tobacco taste.

Tried again next day (about 10 hours later so..13 hours)
Tasted like tea...... with honey...!?
maybe its just me

Also left the packet in the bottle and added to carts without removing packet. Atty clogged pretty bad

and there you go
Gig

**brothafrank** · 03-23-2010, 02:29 AM

I liked this method... but it killed 2 atty's in 2 days, not sure if it was the salt or what it was, but my wife had the same problem, she killed a brand new atty too... so this is not an option for me.

**JoeMcPlumber** · 03-23-2010, 02:38 AM

Yikes!

Well, i can spare one atty, this one is fairly new so if it dies, i'll come back and mention that.

- joe

**JoeMcPlumber** · 03-25-2010, 01:36 AM

Well, i ain't gonna categorically blame it on my homemade juice,
but my atty died, and it wasn't very old.

YMMV, as (They!) say.

- joe

EDIT: to say, that the coil opened up.

**VaporHeaven** · 04-27-2010, 01:23 AM

And I love it, even without flavoring. I put 10 packets of Camel mellow snus into a brown bottle with 50ml of VG. I put it in a dark cabinet for three weeks, taking it out and shaking occasionally.

I then added 70ml of pg to thin it, removed packets and squeezed them to remove any juice. Then I strained it through a very fine tea strainer, returned it to the bottle and I have 120 ml of Ejuice for about $5.00. I've flavored a few samples of it, and it really produces vapor. I don't know what the total nicotene level is, but can't be too high, but it definitely has nic in it. Vapes well just as it is.

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