Have you ever seen someone smoking in a restaurant, bar or other public place where smoking is banned? Chances are they weren’t actually smoking (and if they were, they were doing it illegally). No, it’s more likely that you saw someone “vaping”; enjoying an electronic cigarette while they waited for their bus or while enjoying a drink with friends at the local watering hole. So what’s the difference? What makes an electronic cigarette acceptable where a regular cigarette is not?

It all has to do with what’s inside.

If you were to take apart a regular cigarette and catalog all of the ingredients that you found, you’d have quite the list – around 4,000 estimated ingredients besides tobacco! What’s inside of an electronic cigarette? Simply put: a compound called eLiquid, made up of about three or four different ingredients. It’s because of this difference that eCigarettes and eLiquids are becoming a popular alternative to regular cigarettes!

When burned, the chemicals in a regular cigarette can combine to create a vast array of different toxins and carcinogens, as well as other harmful secondaries like smoke and ash. eLiquid operates in a completely different way, according to the FDA:

Typically, they  [eCigarettes] are composed of a rechargeable, battery-operated heating element, a replaceable cartridge that may contain nicotine or other chemicals, and an atomizer that, when heated, converts the contents of the cartridge into a vapor.

This vapor is comparable to an aerosol mist – so basically your electronic cigarette is a tiny fog machine! The eLiquid that is heated produces no smoke or ash and doesn’t harm anyone around you.

eLiquid is also unlike anything you’ll find in a cigarette for another reason too: it can be flavored! Cigarettes are usually menthol or non-menthol and aren’t allowed to be manufactured in different flavors. Our eLiquid on the other hand, is manufactured in 35 different flavors: everything from apple to vanilla, with some flavors that are even designed to mimic popular cigarette brands.

So next time you’re out in public and see someone puffing away on what appears to be a cigarette, look closer – they could just be enjoying the taste of a mango-flavored eLiquid, courtesy of their electronic cigarette.

To learn more about eLiquid or to try it for yourself, visit our website here.