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<blockquote data-quote="bombastinator" data-source="post: 23761776" data-attributes="member: 43994">Not terribly fond of salts myself.&nbsp; At best they’re the same.&nbsp; At worst really dangerous.&nbsp;&nbsp; They were a cheapness that was not passed on to the customer.&nbsp; The mainnthing is they’ve got a longer shelf life so they’re cheaper to stock. The issue I have with “salts” is they only tell you half of the salt.&nbsp; Its “ some salt of nicotine and something else”.&nbsp;&nbsp; The heavy majority of “salts” is either nicotine malitol (was actually tested with nicotine gum) or another one that JUUL liked based on some “testing” consisting of two people in a parking lot and what they liked best.&nbsp; One causes more allergic reactions than the other.&nbsp; There are hundreds of possibles though.&nbsp; A lot of em taste terrible.&nbsp; Some are outright poisonous.&nbsp; I don’t trust it.&nbsp; One of the poisonous ones might become “what’s cheapest” and people are going to have problems.&nbsp; The whole thing is just waaaay too much like milk additives in the 19th century.&nbsp; Google “poison squad” for that one.I can’t remember what the other one is off hand.&nbsp; A citrate?&nbsp; Nicotine is weakly alkali, so any weak acid and some energy will do it.&nbsp; A salt is an acid and a base.&nbsp; The stronger the acid and the base and the more energy is required to react them and the more stable the compound is.&nbsp; Table salt is NaCl.&nbsp; Sodium and chlorine.&nbsp; Both are very strong.&nbsp; Nicotine is much weaker than chlorine so weak acids like citric acid work well.&nbsp; Every salt is different though, and each has their own properties.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bombastinator, post: 23761776, member: 43994"] Not terribly fond of salts myself. At best they’re the same. At worst really dangerous. They were a cheapness that was not passed on to the customer. The mainnthing is they’ve got a longer shelf life so they’re cheaper to stock. The issue I have with “salts” is they only tell you half of the salt. Its “ some salt of nicotine and something else”. The heavy majority of “salts” is either nicotine malitol (was actually tested with nicotine gum) or another one that JUUL liked based on some “testing” consisting of two people in a parking lot and what they liked best. One causes more allergic reactions than the other. There are hundreds of possibles though. A lot of em taste terrible. Some are outright poisonous. I don’t trust it. One of the poisonous ones might become “what’s cheapest” and people are going to have problems. The whole thing is just waaaay too much like milk additives in the 19th century. Google “poison squad” for that one. I can’t remember what the other one is off hand. A citrate? Nicotine is weakly alkali, so any weak acid and some energy will do it. A salt is an acid and a base. The stronger the acid and the base and the more energy is required to react them and the more stable the compound is. Table salt is NaCl. Sodium and chlorine. Both are very strong. Nicotine is much weaker than chlorine so weak acids like citric acid work well. Every salt is different though, and each has their own properties. [/QUOTE]

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