What do you know about essential oils?
“ Vape – electronic cigarette ” is still an unpopular term in Vietnam, most people who know about vape are only superficial or completely misunderstand the nature of vape, so they always have prejudices against those who use electronic cigarettes. And if you also think like that, you need to read this article not only to correct the wrong information for yourself but also for the industry that has contributed to improving public health. Or if you are a vaper, we are about to bring you the interesting things about the liquid that you are still immersed in its flavor every day.
Common questions asked around vaping essential oils are:
What's in each bottle of essential oil ?
Is it safe?
Is there antifreeze in it?
I heard it is more toxic than cigarettes.
So today, The Vape Club will bring you information to help you understand exactly the liquid you are using.
Regarding the question “Is Vaping safer than smoking traditional cigarettes?”, we believe you already have the answer if you have followed the previous articles on the website and fanpage. If not, follow here:
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Although it can be called by many names: E-juice, E-cig, E-liquid, juice or essential oil... they all have 4 basic ingredients:
Vegetable Glycerin (VG)
Propylene glycol (PG)
Natural and artificial flavors
Custom nicotine concentration.
Essential oils are converted into vapor for us to inhale by burning a coil, also known as an atomizer.
Vegetable Glycerin (VG)
Vegetable Glycerin or Glycol is abbreviated as VG. This is a mixture of organic substances including carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. VG is a non-toxic, viscous, odorless, colorless, sweet liquid, often used as a flavoring for cosmetics, food or ice cream.
VG can be extracted directly from vegetable oils, usually coconut oil or palm oil, by heating at high temperatures with water followed by distillation to clean it. E-liquid manufacturers often use USP Glycerin which is 99.7% pure and 0.3% water. This is a fairly important ingredient in a bottle of juice, and for vapers, this is an indispensable ingredient that contributes to creating smoke.
Propylene glycol (PG)
PG is a substance to dilute the thickness of VG, these two substances always go together to help the essential oil easily penetrate the cotton, the clearomizer and the wick easily work for you to vape. It also creates a feeling like you are smoking, this is quite helpful for people who are giving up cigarettes.
When studying propylene glycol, scientists only found a “very, very small amount of harmful substances” and it is still allowed to be used in foods and air disinfection in hospitals. As a substance in essential oils, it acts as a “carrier”, a solvent for aromatics much better than VG. In addition, to give you more peace of mind about this solvent, propylene glycol is also used in cough syrup, toothpaste, mouthwash, food preservatives, etc.
One note, there is a lot of misinformation that e-juice contains antifreeze, in fact, reputable essential oil bottles from brands around the world do not contain this substance. Propylene Glycol is often confused with Ethylene Glycol - a moderately toxic substance and is used in antifreeze used in cars. Because it has been proven to be a non-toxic substance, the FDA allows Propylene Glycol to be mixed into eggs, milk, food, etc. The FDA conducted a study in 1973 and the result was that there was no evidence to prove that Propylene Glycol is a toxic substance harmful to humans.
Natural and artificial flavors
The flavor of the e-juice is produced starting from the use of concentrated flavors. Just like with food, there are 3 types of flavors: natural, artificial, a mixture of natural and artificial, the juice manufacturer will choose to complete a bottle of e-juice.
For natural flavors, you can rest assured that we will not find any artificial ingredients, sweeteners, additives or dyes in them. These flavors can be extracted in many different ways, then bottled and delivered to the juice manufacturer or for consumers to make their own essential oils (DIY).
As for artificial flavors, it is very simple, like its name, this is a flavor that is prepared to resemble natural flavors. In addition, manufacturers can mix these two flavors in the same bottle of juice to create the best for customers.
Nicotine
Nicotine is not the main ingredient in e-juice, we can vape without nicotine, nicotine is mostly used by smokers as a replacement and to help users quit smoking. Nicotine concentration is usually divided into 5 levels:
No: 0mg Nicotine
Medium: 3mg Nicotine
Heavy: 6mg Nicotine
Super Heavy: 12mg Nicotine
How to preserve e-juice:
The cap of each essential oil bottle is designed to be spill-proof (it will be more difficult to unscrew the cap than with regular bottle caps), the bottle is durable and hard to break, so users can comfortably take it anywhere without worrying about breaking or leaking essential oils.
Each genuine bottle of essential oil will have the production date printed on the bottle, usually the manufacturer will print it on the bottom of the bottle. Essential oils will have a shelf life of 2 years from the date of production and 3 months from the date of opening.
Note: Store in a dry place, avoid direct sunlight, do not let foreign objects or other substances fall into the essential oil, keep out of reach of children and do not drink.
