Hi! Has anything fallen from the sky lately, apart from rain? In my country it didn't, but I would really like you to tell me if you've ever seen anything fall from nowhere, it would make a good subject of discussion in mass-media, as UFOs once were. Until then, we could safely assume that e-liquid hasn't come from nowhere, but is a human-made, studied, quantifiable invention.
Wow, so e-liquid really isn't from an alchemyst's book ? Then, what is it really made of ?
E-liquid has 5 main components, that I also mentioned in my first post:
Are there dangers in using e-cigarettes by relation to e-liquids ?
Yes there are. Most are avoidable. More reaserch is required, although the difference between cigarettes and e-cigarettes is still night and day. Please, also do your own research and be informed about your e-liquids, and try as hard as you can to stop traditional cigarettes and never return to them. The disclaimer can be found on my first post, and should be read thouroughly.
Wow, so e-liquid really isn't from an alchemyst's book ? Then, what is it really made of ?
E-liquid has 5 main components, that I also mentioned in my first post:
- Glycerine: C3H8O3
- Propylene glycol: C3H8O2
- Nicotine (chemical formula not relevant)
- Water (chemical formula not relevant)
- Flavourings ( a mixture of different components also used in the food industry)
Glycerine is in your body, and in high quantities. You are made of rougly 1-2kg of glycerine (or glycerol) by weight, because is one of the constituents of plant and animal neutral fats (also called triglycerides), apart from fatty acids. In your fat cells (primarily), glycerin reacts with fatty acids to form tryglicerides, which are is the prefered way for the body to store the majority of its energy. Glycerine is found in all food ( that contains fats). Above 280°C, glycerine transforms into acrolein which is toxic, so cigarettes that have temperature control are advised, and should be used. They should be used on a temperature below 270-289°C, preferably below 230°C. They can be used as low as 100°C.
Propylene glycol is not usually found naturally, but it usually (and easily) enters in the metabolic pathway of glucose, as glycerin, and can be used by the body for energy. In short, the body can use almost the way it does with glucose. Although it is slighlty lioosoluble but also very hidrosoluble, it can enter partialy in the cells membrane and stay there. This is not a bad thing for itself, but everything that exists on any cell's membrane in your body is frequently checked by your white cells to see if that cell is not dangerous or foreign. Sometimes, white cells respond to the propylene glycol, releasing haperine and histamine. In short, some people have a sensitivity to propilene glycol (around 10% of the population) and some are allergic to it (around 2%). Propilene glycol is found in cosmetic products, so sensitive peoole might also react negatively to those. E-liquid formulations without propilene glycol exist.
3. Nicotine is an alaloid found in many plants, like tomato olants or eggplants, although in a minuscule ammount relative to tobacco leaves. That said, food has nicotine, so your body can contain nicotine, although it does not produce it. Some say it is a neurotoxin, while some say it is neuroprotective. Studies show that it inproves atlethic ( by up to 20%, because it helps release adrenalin) and cognitive preformance (by up to 10-40%). Studies also show that it might help protect a person from alzheime', and studies show that it protects the colon from damage, and helps in ulcerative colitis or Chron's disease, as well as medication does.
Some say it gives dependance, some say it is not the major dependance forming compound in cigarette, but others may be ( lika MAOI's). Although the dependance to cigarettes may be as high for it as for illegal drugs, nicotine itself might only be comparable in this sense to caffeine). It is not carginogenic, but it might sustain tumours in rats after they appeared.
4. Flavourings are the main point of concern, as they can widely vary and have different statuses when related to inhalation. Menthol has a licence in America for inhalation, as it is sometimes used in nebulisers. It is a decongestant. It may be an irritant to the lungs.Any other flavouring is not meant for innhalation and has not been studued in this sense as to now. Compound related to cinnamon are irritants and may be dangerous.
The most concerning flavourings are diketones, like diacetyl, acetyl propionyl, 2,3-dihexanone etc., as they trigger an irreversible disease called bronchitis obliterans, that requires lung transplant. They are very dangerous, and are usually found in cream-like or coustard-like flavours, but also in fruit flacors. They are totally not required in e-liquid and they are an avoidable harm. They are usually find in quantities much lower ( by a factor of 10 to 750 times lower ) than in cigarettes ( that contain a toxic ammount of diketones). Thay are a contributing factor to smoker's diseases.
There are diketone-free e-liquids. An ammount of 65 ug/day ( micrograms per day) of diketons result in a chance of 1/1000 of having reduced lung function. It is advised not to consume any coustard or creamy flavours.
Unflavoured e-liquids exist.
Are there dangers in using e-cigarettes by relation to e-liquids ?
Yes there are. Most are avoidable. More reaserch is required, although the difference between cigarettes and e-cigarettes is still night and day. Please, also do your own research and be informed about your e-liquids, and try as hard as you can to stop traditional cigarettes and never return to them. The disclaimer can be found on my first post, and should be read thouroughly.
