Right.
So why do you suppose a Vapenstein would post such crap, especially since evidently he claims some expertise?
This is the stuff that drives me nuts when it comes to vaping.
I can only assume because its a competitive product. Technically one really needs a background in organic chemistry to have "authority" on such issues. Ive done lots of net research on this and related topics, and ive a science background, but I dont fall into that catergory either. I am no chemistry whizz.
All I know for sure:
WTA works - it produces relaxation effects nicotine alone doesnt.
And if getting WTA was as simple as this man claimed, dvap and all the others would not have done acid-base extractions (theyd have just used ethanol), and extracting nicotine would also be a peice of cake.
As it stands both of these things are extracted using more expensive and complicated procedures. You can still veiw dvaps threads here on ecf.
And, even if WTA did come out in a regular extraction in decent quantities (which I strongly doubt), there'd be less guarantee it would be "clean", in terms of not having the nitrosamines etc.
I also know that from my net research, nicotine does not have a decent level of solubility in ethanol etc. You can extract it, I know for sure, using boiling water, tho ineffectly - but I presume the end product would contain most of the stuff you want to avoid.
And I also know that WTA does contribute strongly to the effects of smoking - theres actually a quite few studies on this, and the contribution of mao inhibition to that.
The fact that this man implies that wta does doesn't do much of anything, doesnt add to his credibility.
Again, I think he's just trying to take down his perceived competition.