The Beginners Guide to Vaping – Buyers Guide

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Vaping is taking over the conventional way to smoke. It is also becoming a fantastic method used by those looking to give up the tobacco for good. In general, vaping is a great way to save money without giving up smoking altogether. While the initial investment in a vape kit can be costly, in the long term you are going to be saving a noticeable amount of money.

Those who are considering taking up vaping as an alternative to tobacco smoking are far from alone. The industry is only just taking off, and if you are new to it, we’ll get you sorted with some helpful information as well as products.

You can use this step by step guide to enjoy ensure you have a positive vape journey

The key to vaping success, right off the bat, is to make the right choices from the get-go. One bad vaping experience is often enough to send people running back to their cigarettes. Change can be a bit daunting, but with the right beginner’s guide and a great attitude to this lifestyle change, it’s an easy change to make.

Firstly, if you are considering vaping, you are probably already a cigarette smoker. So you have to decide here and now, whether or not you are ready to give up cigarettes. It’s true that some people choose to continue smoking tobacco while also vaping, but you should give up the cigarette smoking habit. Nicotine overdose can easily happen when you combine vaping and cigarette smoking.

With each cigarette you smoke, your brain knows that you have had your nicotine fix by the time that smoke is finished. This is why you are unlikely to pick up another cigarette immediately afterwards.

But with vaping, your brain doesn’t know when you have had enough. And there is far more nicotine in a vape than in a cigarette. When your body takes in too much nicotine, you could experience the unpleasant side effects of a nicotine overdose. Some of the effects include nausea, headaches and dizziness.

For the sake of your health, you should make the decision about quitting altogether, before you start vaping.

Know Your Nicotine Limits

When you start vaping, you can actually choose how much nicotine you get with each drag. E-juice comes in 5 different nicotine amounts; 3mg, 6mg, 12mg, 18mg, and 24mg.

You can also opt for the nicotine free vape.

If you are a former cigarette smoker, we recommend that you don’t use more than the standard amounts of e-liquid. It’s going to be trial and error to find the right amounts when you first start vaping, and it is often at this stage that people give up. Once you find the right amount, you have passed the biggest hurdle and you are well on your way to becoming a pro.

It’s not only the e-liquid that will determine how much nicotine your body gets. Your device will also play a role. E-cigarettes that blow off massive, often wonderful smelling, clouds of smoke, generally have more nicotine than those e-cigarettes that don’t produce smoke. This is something to keep in mind when trying to find the ideal amount of nicotine.

One of the great benefits of vaping is that you will probably notice that your body stops craving nicotine. Those extreme cravings that forced you to take smoke breaks in the past will be long gone. This is exactly why some people find that vaping is the best way to give up nicotine forever.

It’s all about the Mod

We weren’t joking when we said that vaping is a journey. Not only is it a new way to get your nicotine cravings satisfied, but the industry also comes with new terms as well, such as mod.

Basically, there are two popular devices used to turn your e-liquid into a puff of smoke. There is the advanced personal vaporiser and there is the mod. There are many different types of vaping mods out there, and they are the more popular device among vapers. Mods can be taken anywhere and they can either look like cigarettes or they take the form of a little machine with a “straw” like device sticking out of the top.

Mods have no electrical currents or circuits. They are equipped with a button, which when pressed makes physical contact with a battery and an atomiser coil. This causes the device to heat up and turns the liquid into a vapour.

This is the most important piece of “equipment” in the vapers arsenal and you need to make the right choice first time around because the mod can be pricey.

Part of this decision making lies with how discreet you want to be. E-cigarettes are hardly noticeable but they can be expensive. On the other hand, if you don’t mind your vape being seen, you can buy a vape pen and tank.

The vape pen and tank are the most popular options. The tank is refillable, allowing you to change your flavour and nicotine amounts as you like. You can choose between a disposable tank or you can buy a longer lasting one. Again, the price will probably help you make your decision.

What You Need To Know About E-Liquids

E-liquids or e-juice; they are one and the same. And there are a lot of misconceptions about this liquid, some of which are enough to put people off vaping completely. The spectrum of misconceptions ranges from the panicked “We don’t know what’s in this stuff!” to the confused, but more laid back, “This is just flavoured water”. So let’s clear up the misinformation so that you can make an informed choice. You will be inhaling this, after all, so you should want to know what you are putting in your body.

E-liquid consists of propylene glycol, water, glycerine, flavourings and nicotine. Remember, as we said early on in this article, you can choose the nicotine free e-juice.

The quantities of ingredients will vary from liquid to liquid, which means you have far more variety than you would have with traditional cigarettes.

A Breakdown of the Ingredients

To put your mind at ease just that little bit more, we’re going to break down the ingredients and give you some more information:

1. Propylene Glycol

It sounds like a crazy chemical, but it isn’t. Propylene Glycol is a colourless, odourless and slightly sweet tasting liquid. This liquid is often used in the food industry and is mostly harmless when inhaled. We say mostly harmless because anything you inhale too much off can be unhealthy.

2. Glycerine

Vegetable glycerine is responsible for those impressive smoke clouds. This natural substance is mostly the result of processed fat and it is non-toxic when inhaled. Vegetable glycerine is often used as a sweetener, because of the pleasant aftertaste.

3. Flavouring

Ever walked past someone vaping and received the sharp smell of strawberries? Well, that smell is just a hint of what the vaper is tasting. Flavouring is what gives the liquid its distinct taste. But the flavourings have been designed specifically for vaping. All harmful additives have been removed. Under no circumstances should you attempt to use grocery store bought flavouring in your vape.

4. Nicotine

While not all vape e-juice contains nicotine, it’s safe to assume that most do. Nicotine gets a lot of bad rep in the press, but actually, you might even say surprisingly, it is a safe drug. It’s the smoke from cigarettes that causes damage, not the nicotine. The drug is only toxic in really high doses, but you will get most of the symptoms of an overdose long before you do any harm to yourself.

Vaping is fast becoming very popular, and now that you’ve read through our quick beginner’s guide, you have more than enough information to make some good vaping decisions. But if you are still unsure, we can answer your questions.

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