Keef- Its true that what is viewed safe is subjective. Most of use have viewed E-cigs as safer than analogs thus we keep vaping. I have not had any major side effects so far. I have been vaping for about 2-3 weeks now. Some symptoms i get is the usual dry mouth from the nic. Also when i vape too much and for too long, i get a nice buzz. and finally when i vape for too long i get hungry!!! I also wish there were more scientific studies made on these things.
Nuck- "there is a very big difference between product safety in North America and product safety in China" i cannot agree with such statement. Of course everyone is entitled to their opinions and i respect you opinion but cannot agree with it in this context. Big American factories making food are in the most part safer than Chinese factories because WE know American regulation and we KNOW they have to follow said regulations. BUT we do not know how JC is creating the liquids!!!! Or even where!!! In fact we do not know anything about JC. Did he ever work in a Pharmaceutical company? Does he know what ingredients do what? What is his safety standards? Quality control? Knowledge?
For all we know he might just be creating his liquids in his basement and you know how dirty are basements....
The point is that he is making some big statements about his liquid being better, of higher quality and cleaner than "made in China". But to me it seems otherwise after all the complaints about his product in this forum.
The truth of the matter is that we are all vaping in good faith. We have not seen how the Chinese make the liquids either but at the same time there has been no complains about them either.
Using my knowledge about the Chinese factories i have seen personally working, mostly noodles because my dad's in that business so we get machines from China, i deem them pretty safe IF the right person is in charge. "IF" being the keyword here because the people that were in charge of those Chinese baby formulas were .......s and probably knowing the Chinese, they have been shot and the bullet casing and cost sent to their families.
As i said Totally Wicked has had their liquids checked for any poisons and it came out to be pretty safe. This is the reason im asking Steve to also get a lab report for his liquids.
I in no way will say that ALL Chinese liquids are safe or clean for that matter. BUT they DO have the "machinery, technology and knowledge to provide us with safe clean high quality liquid"
Please do not take this statement out of context. It means just that and nothing more. However "safe" is subjective. We do not know what the long term effect of vaping will do to us. Maybe i should take out the word "safe" out of there.
My personal decree if you might call it is to buy liquids that have no problems. I will always be a Totally Wicked costumer because they deserve my money. They have done tests to provide us vapers more peace of mind while vaping their products ( i have not tested them yet, cant wait till they get here) and i love the Cash liquids but theres no lab tests done. Hence i want Steve to get a lab test for his liquid so that i can continue to buy from him. Until he gets a lab test done, i dont think i will be buying all that much from him. From what i DO buy from him, i KNOW i will be taking risks but that would be my own choice like many of you are vaping JC liquids.
In the end i guess its just that i want new vapers to know that if you buy liquids from JC and to a certain extend Steve and other retailers that you know the risks of not knowing whats in it.
I would certainly request Totally Wicked to not only do one lab test and be happy. But to do a lab test every month or every other month just to check for safety. So when the governments comes knocking....you can tell them to ...., i dont need you incompetence, i have been taking the safety of my products in my own hands.
sorry for the long rant