Vaping Basics

With so many ecigarette devices and eliquid options available at first vaping may seem confusing.  But with this handy guide on the basics you’ll discover everything you need to make your first vaping experiences a success.

If you want an introduction to the basics of vaping then read on.  An electronic cigarette, or ecigarette, simulates the effects of smoking by converting a liquid, known as eliquid or ejuice, into vapour. The eliquid itself is in part nicotine, so you get your nicotine hit in this way – unless you’re vaping only for flavour and using a zero-nicotine eliquid. The vapour is a substitute for the smoke you’d inhale when smoking a traditional cigarette.

There is one fundamental difference between smoking and vaping that has led to organisations such as Public Health England claiming it’s 95% safer than smoking. Vapour comes from the process of heating whereas traditional smoke comes from the process of burning. Supporters of ecigarettes argue that the burning is what produces so many of the dangerous chemicals associated with traditional smoking.

Another major difference with vaping is the flexibility with flavour. Eliquid can be any flavour and vapers regularly switch flavours. Many have an ‘all-day-vape’.