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 There’s no way around it – cigarettes are a lot more efficient when it comes to delivering nicotine into your bloodstream. It’s not really surprising – concentration per puff is higher, and smokers take more frequent puffs (there’s no point in wasting a cigarette, right?). According to a study published in Nature, it takes about 35 minutes of proactive vaping to get the same amount of nicotine into the blood as after 5 minutes of smoking a cigarette (provided that the amount of nicotine in both is equivalent). This study deals with high-end vaping products and new generation mods and tanks such as Smok Alien and Limitless tank. On the other hand, if you’re using a simple vape pen (such as our Kind V2 pen, for example) it can take a bit more to get the same results. This doesn’t mean that you should dismiss it entirely – we wholeheartedly recommend V2 to vapers who are trying to cut down on their nicotine consumption, as well as to those who don’t have extreme nicotine craving...

 A study done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has shown that Marlboro brands, which are well known and most used, contain somewhere between 19.4 and 20.3 milligrams of nicotine per gram of tobacco.  Similar to the Marlboro brand are the Newports, which have almost identical numbers. Keep in mind that these numbers are on the high end. On average, the CDC study concluded that cigarettes contain 19.2 mg per gram of tobacco. Something I should note here is that one analog cigarette contains one gram of tobacco. So that’s what you get when you light up one Marlboro — approximately 20mg of nicotine. Now… how does that translate into vapes? After all, you’re putting in your own liquid there… there are several different strengths you can choose from… and the absorption works quite differently, too. According to a bit of back-of-the-napkin math, a hit from a cigarette is equivalent to a hit from a 16mg vape juice. I can’t emphasize enough that this is not an ex...

There have been several controversies regarding the content of vape juice. This was pioneered by the recent outbreak of e-cigarette and vaping associated lung injury (EVALI) and other health complications. Most theories have linked this outbreak to the high concentration of nicotine in vapes, but information gathered from research proved otherwise. In this article, we’ll outline the components of vape juice and what is used to fill an e-cigarette. The ingredients include the following: Propylene Glycol (PG) PG is described as a thin, colorless, and odorless organic compound used as a base for vape juice. It has a long history of serving important roles in foods and household products like sodas, ice cream, and coffee drinks. PG possesses levels of therapeutic properties and are often used in medical inhalers. As a humectant (ability to absorb moisture), it combines with nicotine to create the usual throat hit effect experienced during vaping. PG is also responsible for the anti-fre...

 Although some e-cigarettes/e-liquids do not contain nicotine, most do, and the nicotine contents of e-cigarettes are variable. Based on vaping machine studies, higher nicotine concentration of e-liquids results in higher nicotine yield of any given e-cigarette . As with combustible tobacco cigarettes, machine-derived nicotine yield of e-cigarettes is not necessarily predictive of users' systemic exposures to nicotine. Other factors such as power of the e-cigarette and user behavior and use patterns are also critical. Nevertheless, e-liquid nicotine concentration may be a determinant of systemic nicotine exposure. Here, the committee reviews current evidence related to the range of nicotine concentrations in commercially available e-cigarettes, whether cartridges of first-generation and closed-tank e-cigarettes or refill liquids used in other open-system e-cigarettes. The committee also discusses labeling accuracy of nicotine content. There is no consensus in the way nicotine stren...

  Nicotine is an alkaloid which is usually considered the addictive element in tobacco. But there’s strong evidence to suggest it is not the only addictive element in tobacco. E-liquid contains nicotine, but not other addictive alkaloids (such as anabasine, anatabine and cotinine) found in cigarettes, and some research suggests that vaping may not be as addictive as smoking. How is nicotine measured in E-Liquid? E-liquid nicotine strength is measured in mg, with the mg equivalent to the strength in percentage terms. Here’s some examples: 18mg: 1.8% 20mg: 2% 0mg: 0% 3mg: 0.3% 12mg: 1.2% The current maximum strength allowed in the UK and Europe is 20mg, or 2%. In reality, most e-liquids available in Europe and the UK contain a maximum of 18mg. This is in stark contrast to a few years ago, when many heavy smokers and former smokers (around 9% of vapers at the time), used nicotine strengths higher than 19mg. ALSO READ: NICOTINE – HOW IT WORKS? NICOTINE CHEMICAL COMPOUND 5 SUR...

  What It Is? Nicotine is a plant alkaloid, which means that it's a naturally occurring chemical that contains nitrogen. It's also a highly addictive stimulant. Nicotine is most popularly known for its use in cigarettes and tobacco products, but it has some other uses. Although nicotine is predominantly found in tobacco plants, it’s also present in tomatoes, eggplants, potatoes, and green pepper plants. And while they all belong to the nightshade family, the quantities of nicotine in these other plants are much lower than in tobacco plants.   How It Works?   There are certain proteins in our bodies referred to as receptors. These receptors only receive specific neurotransmitters or chemicals. The receptors that nicotine binds to are called nicotinic-cholinergic receptors. Nicotine is an agonist, which means that when it binds to receptors, it brings about a biological response. Nicotinic-cholinergic receptors are found in many places in the body including the brain, neuro...

 Nicotine chemical compound Nicotine , an organic compound that is the principal alkaloid of tobacco. (An alkaloid is one of a group of nitrogenous organic compounds that have marked physiological effects on humans.) Nicotine occurs throughout the tobacco plant and especially in the leaves. The compound constitutes about 5 percent of the plant by weight. Both the tobacco plant ( Nicotiana tabacum ) and the compound are named for Jean Nicot, a French ambassador to Portugal, who sent tobacco seeds to Paris in 1550.     Crude nicotine was known by 1571, and the compound was obtained in purified form in 1828; the correct molecular formula was established in 1843, and the first laboratory synthesis was reported in 1904. Nicotine is one of the few liquid alkaloids. In its pure state it is a colourless, odourless liquid with an oily consistency, but when exposed to light or air, it acquires a brown colour and gives...