I still remember like it was yesterday. My brother bought me a vape pen, clearomizers was the atomizers and e-liquids was "liqua" and "dekang" (if i'm not mistaken). those equipment used to cost a lot as i transition form smoking to vaping.
My set of pen vaporizer costs me 40 to 50 dollars,
My liquid, which i remember was 12mg nic, 9mg and 6mg (to experiment with nicotine fix)15 dollars for a 10ml bottle. It was a pain for the wallet but i still remember the idea of quitting smoking.
What i found was simply that if you plan to stop smoking, Don't just get a single mg liquid, get the variations of mg to get the right fix even if you have to get a 22mg. Take note the mg is according to the volume of the liquid.Nowadays the usual volume would be 30ml, so simply imagine the whole 12mg in a 30ml bottle and compare that to one stick of cigarette. (take note 4444 chemicals in a cigerette and 4 chemicals including nicotine in vaporisers). it was still a gamble as earlier i didn't know if vaping can cause health problems.So what i did was educate myself:
i used to think that vapor can build up in your lungs,
this was answered when i read a post about going to mountains and cool places. so when you vape there you produce more vapor due to water vapor hahahha. So vapor is harmless to the lungs unlike smoke. there was a fact that every 8 hours a smoker's bronchi (internal lung) can regenerate if he/she stops smoking.this fact is what pushes me to stop smoking and try the new idea of vaping.
what is contained in e-liquid? well simply = PG. VG. Nic. Flavor.
PG or proplene glycol is radiator antifreeze?
lol this one is hectic for me to find out the myths of the cheical as i am very cautious about the chemicals i take in my body, but before it was a gamble rather than taking cyanide, pesticides and other dangerous chemicals from cigarette smoke. Eventually the PG used in eliquids are food grade. also used in shampoos, soaps, athsma inhalers, medicine, even in food itself.
link on this: http://www.naturallycurly.com/curlreading/curl-products/curlchemist-the-truth-and-fiction-about-propylene-glycol/
VG or Vegetable Glycol simply says its from plants.
well i was less hectic about VG as its always used in baking products. people who are allergic to PG can make a 100%VG based eliquid which consists of VG,NIC,flavor and distilled water to make VG less viscous.
more info on this http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/natural-health/what-is-vegetable-glycerin/
Nicotine. also found in cigarettes
well this is the why we can't leave smoking, but when your smoking your inhaling it, in vaping your like drinking or eating it (ingesting). In big amounts it is really toxic.
but something to consider, think about sugar. too much sugar you will get diabetic. so we don't eventually overdose ourselves with eating sugary foods throughout the day. so moderation is key!
helpful reading about nicotine:
http://www.news-medical.net/health/Nicotine-Effects.aspx
negatives about nicotine:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4363846/
Flavor derived from baking products
all the flavors i heard has no problems except (yes) "butterscotch and corn flavors" which might have a chemical called "diacetyl" causing popcorn lung. However i am not a fan of both these flavors even so i would advise to not use them. well eventually smoking does more harm giving you lung cancer.
something to read on this:
http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/chemicals-e-cigarette-flavors-may-cause-popcorn-lung/
so when you start considering on transition to vaping think of it having less cautious things you take in your body smoking (4444 chemicals) vaping (4 chemicals)
ah something i might need to add about nicotine:
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199308053290619#t=article
so if they say nicotine is 100% bad they might ban some vegtables, especially eggplants :)
ok back to the story of how i began vaping and stopped smoking.
1st day i still bought a pack of cigs, opened it smoked a stick to eventually officially last stick of my life before i change.(i actually smoke again, but regretted)
started that day with my vape pen. the idea of using tanks (clearomizers) where i used 3 tanks each with difference in mgs from 6 to 9 to 12.
all went well that day until.... my vape pen batteries run out. i had only 1 vape pen which would take 6 hours minimum to charge to full (yes 6 hours!!!!!) it was to the point that i was looking at my vape pen indicator to turn green(charged) from red (charging).
this was when i started to try to smoke... hahahha yes the first day of determination i tried to smoke again. i started to notice the burnt flavor, which was displeasing. eventually that day went on with waiting for my vape pen to charge :)
i must add:
use 12 mg or higher when you wake up from bed, after meals, or when your stressed out a bit. rarely or turn to second less strength nic like a 9 mg. use 6 mgs for casual vaping like taking, taking smoke breaks at long time. Just use logic for the strengths. eventually you'll cut down on the mgs slowly. NEVER stop completely with no mgs as this may make you dizzy or even imbalanced. Also drink coffee and always bring a stash of sweets as tar might play with your sugar level and give a "rego" effect so u need sweets to get your sugar levelled.
read this: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7455580
next would be about the kinds of accessories to expect (mods,gear etc)
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