Disguising the taste of nicotine

[deluxe]

I'm fairly new around ECF and don't know if this site has been mentioned before, or if I'm allowed to link to it. But there is a website containing tobacco documents - all of the data from studies done by the tobacco companies (they were forced to make them public as part of a settlement). I found on the website some research on how to disguise the taste of nicotine in aqueous solution, vaporized in a nebulizer.

One interesting thing noted was that nicotine evaporates incredibly quickly. A sample of 24mg nicotine solution evaporated to just 2mg nicotine in 17 hours. Something to note if you're steeping liquids in an uncovered bottle.

The results for disguising the nic flavor were - tartaric acid worked the best, then malic acid, followed by sucrose and propylene glycol (but these two required more to mask the taste). Bitter and sour flavors had the least effect.

So... if the taste of nic bugs you, maybe some tartaric acid will help.

 

[base234]

deluxe, try putting the link up. If anyone edits it or gives you a hard time blame it all on me. I've tried to tell folks that nicotine evaporates, so steeping with the lid off probably isn't a good idea at all. I'd like to see it in writing.

 

[Nikkita6]

"A sample of 24mg nicotine solution evaporated to just 2mg nicotine in 17 hours. Something to note if you're steeping liquids in an uncovered bottle. "

Very interesting ^^ ... for all the vapors that steep their juice with the top off, I wonder if they even noticed the decrease in nicotine?? and I have read about alot of "top off" steeping around here ...

makes me also wonder if vapers are more attached to the "thought" of nicotine, rather than the nicotine itself, because if it is the actual nicotine that many vapers are attached to, how come we haven't seen more threads about this very thing "the evaporation of nicotine" ?.

 

[base234]

Nikkita, "top off" steeping has been controversial since I've been reading this board. I've recently seen folks quoting vendors recommending "top off" steeping. When I first asked about steeping, some veterans here told me about the nic evaporation problem so I've never done it. Steeping still does work with the top on, IMO.

Sorry, not trying to hijack deluxe's thread.

 

[Nikkita6]

base234 ... I agree, I also steep my juices anywhere from a few hours to a few days, just not with the top off ;-)