Throat hit

[protts]

Hi kate,

just wondering how much is "trace"... maybe 1-5%? Will try it out base on your mix (that's what i'm using now, thank you!) and see if i can get that elusive "throat hit".

[stephenrowley]

This should help explain allot of your questions with regards to throat hit a.k.a "Impact" in the tobacco biz, and why some solutions with the same nicotine density can have different throat hit "Impact"

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PH IN TOBACCO AND TO... (qhw62c00)

[02BLACKTAWS6]

This should help explain allot of your questions with regards to throat hit a.k.a "Impact" in the tobacco biz, and why some solutions with the same nicotine density can have different throat hit "Impact"

That's really good info. Thanks.

[chuckie]

Great post and info. Thank you Stephen

[Kate]

Thanks for the link Stephen. This is a link to the full paper and some quotes:

The sensory attribute most associated with nicotine is described within the company as 'impact' . It may be described by consumers as throat catch, throat hit, throat grip, etc. Our definition of impact is : the sudden sharp but short-lived sensation (typically less than one second in duration) which is noticed immediately the smoke makes contact with the back of the throat . A physiological explanation of the impact sensation is that nicotine causes smooth muscle to contract . The contraction is proportional to the dose of nicotine applied to it. In fact, the relationship between the applied dose and the magnitude of the contraction is logarithmic, but for all practical purposes, the more nicotine the stronger the contraction and hence the impact sensation.

http://www.health.gov.bc.ca/guildfor...2/00012275.pdf

That definition suggests that zero nicotine eliquid cannot produce a throat hit.

[02BLACKTAWS6]

Thanks for the link Stephen. This is a link to the full paper and some quotes:

The sensory attribute most associated with nicotine is described within the company as 'impact' . It may be described by consumers as throat catch, throat hit, throat grip, etc. Our definition of impact is : the sudden sharp but short-lived sensation (typically less than one second in duration) which is noticed immediately the smoke makes contact with the back of the throat . A physiological explanation of the impact sensation is that nicotine causes smooth muscle to contract . The contraction is proportional to the dose of nicotine applied to it. In fact, the relationship between the applied dose and the magnitude of the contraction is logarithmic, but for all practical purposes, the more nicotine the stronger the contraction and hence the impact sensation.

http://www.health.gov.bc.ca/guildfor...2/00012275.pdf

That definition suggests that zero nicotine eliquid cannot produce a throat hit.

Very interesting...

[parapo]

Thanks for the link Stephen. This is a link to the full paper and some quotes:

The sensory attribute most associated with nicotine is described within the company as 'impact' . It may be described by consumers as throat catch, t...
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That definition suggests that zero nicotine eliquid cannot produce a throat hit.

what are we feeling then if it's not a throat hit?
(me and other zero vaporers)

[Kate]

This is the problem with us all talking about different things when we say throat hit. The researchers in the study mentioned say that it's to do with muscles contracting in the back of our throats that makes a tingling. Some people have described it as harshness and some as volume of vapour.

I suppose it all depends on what you mean by throat hit, I'm sure you can get harshness and heavy vapour with zero but the muscle contractions are to do with nicotine apparently.

[kinabaloo]

I suspect that a small (trace) amount of oil is good for the atomiser in that it stops it from becoming completely dry and helps stop deposits building, much as a little oil in a frying pan helps cook things without burning and sticking. Just a thought.

BTW, anyone tried a pepper oil yet ?

[kinabaloo]

Philip Morris's Marlboro additives : Tobacco & Flavor Ingredients - Philip Morris USA

Note the acetic acid (vinagar) but the much larger amount of alkali (ammonium hydroxide) as a 'Flavor Processing Aid'.

Wonder what ANGELICA ROOT OIL tastes like, and if anyone could really taste anything at a concentration of 0.0001% !