Does e-liquid contain alcohol?

[scrubadub]

My dad asked me to buy him an e-cigarette after I told him about mine. The worry that I have is that he's a recovering alcoholic so the presence of any alcohol is a big no no for him. It wouldn't get him drunk I know but its still an issue, he can't eat food that's had alcohol in either even though it's just the taste that remains.

[yo han]

There is a recipe containing 8% alcohol but I know for sure that the Ruyan, Janty and Partysmoker liquids don't contain any.

[buby]

You made me wonder if e-smoking is alcool test safe, although breath analyzers should recognize "alcool in mouth" situations and all for a second try if i remember correctly.

[jigtg]

That is false, Ruyan itself has reported some of their liquids containing 5% alcohol. More so I was able to taste it in couple first puffs when dripping from new bling cart. And yes I have dripped 20% alcohol in e-cigs so I know the taste.

You can always get a blood test if you disagree.

[scrubadub]

Ok so yes potentially. That's a shame, he's definitely not going to want to run the risk with that.

[smoking gnu]

Hi scrubdub, you should e mail Jason at totally wicked and ask him for some advises. He also has a lists with lab reports for his liquid. He’s very helpful. To answer your question about flu cured Virginia, I have tried the janty one and it tasted like sweet celery to me. YUCK!

[scrubadub]

Yeah that's a good idea gnu I'll do that. I should have thought of that before really

Sweet celery sounds horrible, I don't like celery at the best of times let alone with sugar on

[Kate]

There is a thread here that has lists of ingredients for some commercial eliquids - Ingredients in cartridges or E-liquid

I think ethanol is a common ingredient in many eliquids, it's certainly in Janty and Wicked.

Maybe your dad could use home made juice without commercial addidtives - glycerine and flavourings. For the nicotine fix he might find snus or NRT acceptable.

[scrubadub]

Thanks for that Kate I'll take a look over it. It doesn't sound very promising though which is a shame.

Homemade juice probably isn't that feasible as manual dexterity is a problem and he's tried NRT and snus and didn't get on with them. Ah well, hopefuly there's an alcoholic friendly liquid in there somewhere. I'll keep on investigating.

[Kate]

Did you find any commercial eliquid without alcohol Scrub? It's not easy to find out the ingredients of some brands, I guess you would have to specifically ask the manufacturer or supplier about alcohol.