Seems I need to repeat that WTA is NOT adding anything. It is about retianing all the alkaloids in tobacco not just the nicotine (though that is by far the greatest by percentage).
For some people it is the combination of the alkaloids that was the draw to smoking - and is required in an alternative to stop smoking - to avoid all the cancer causing stuff in smoke. In a previous post I listed the main alkaloids (>0.1%) so if anyone wants to persist in saying that any of those might be carcinogens - which one(s)? Let's hear it, or stop blowing smoke.
Just as with extracting just nicotine, the purification process cannot quite be 100% pure - but with both nicotine and WTA is damned close. WTA is the extract just before it is narrowed down to just nicotine (without any good reason). It contains no TSNAs, no radioactive polonium, no carbon monoxide, no heavy metals, and no additives (in all cases just the imperceptibly tiny amounts that could also remain in nicotine e-liquid), and certainly no combustion products. 'Normal' e-liquid and WTA are 99.9% identical. If you don't understand what WTA is, don't try it; and don't deny a life-saver from others (potentially millions of others, for whom nicotine alone will not work). And don't say 'it works for me' - we're all different.
In truth, many people fall on the borderline - they can get by with just nicotine but only by vaping incessantly; and if that doesn't subside over time, they also could conside WTA as a better alternative.
Again, smoking does not equal nicotine (although that's a big part, how big, and how much the other alkaloids play a part in a given individual, varies). It's an oversimplification. That's why patches barely work, and vaping (nic only) also does not work for many people; maybe half? So given that vaping has the nicotine, has the vapor, has the behavioural aspects that closely mimick the original, why not?
WTA, just like 'normal' e-liquid is aimed at smokers, who already consume all the WTAs; vaping tobacco alkaloid extracts is a way to avoid all the nasty stuff in smoke.
I have zero commercial connections with regard to WTA.
Over the last few years I have 'researched', thought about, discussed and posted on how to make vaping as safe as we can. So I looked at acrolein from VG (fairly minor concern), dry residues (a concern), possible dangers of flavorings (a concern - much is still unknown) and other additives such as sweetners and citric acid (concerns), the 'burning' of fillers in the hardware (a concern, but minimised by dripping or cartomisers, moreso with tanks), etc. WTA is in my mind part of that endeavor. It can help more people switch to a safer alternative to smoke, and also help in reducing the need to vape excessively.
To complicate the issue slightly ... why not all e-liquid be WTA? My only reason to take the line of 'only if nicotine-only liquid doesn't work for you and you're sure of that' is that nicotine alone is less addictive, so if one can get along with just nic, there's a relatively easy path from there to reduce or stop nicotine altogether (even vaping) - if you wish.
But the big issue is having available e-liquids that can work for more people. That's the big step - not getting off alkaloids, but getting off pretty much all the nasty stuff in smoke.
BTW Yeah they are having theirs tested.
