The main component of any electronic cigarette is the liquid cartridge containing the nicotine solution. This nicotine solution is heated up and then turned into nicotine vapour which looks like smoke when puffed out but disappears within a few seconds, leaving no residue.
Most electronic cigarette manufacturers will have a range of liquid nicotine with different concentrations and even flavours. Just like the tobaco cigarettes, nicotine liquid comes in light, medium and high concentrations. The light and medium light are like "light" and "ultralight" tobacco cigarettes while the high concentrations are like regular tobacco cigarettes.
The various flavours available for electronic cigarettes range from just normal tobacco to menthol. You can even find some which will try to mimic the normal cigarette brands like Marlboro and Camel. Interestingly enough, flavours such as strawberry, mint, chocolate and coffee are also available from certain manufacturers.
Ingredients
This is a list of commonly used substances in liquid nicotine. Depending on the recipe, not all of them are used.
- Propylene glycol
- Nicotine
- Glycerol
- Tobacco essence
- Organic acid
- Anti-oxidation agent
- Butyl valerate
- Isopentyl hexonate
- Lauryl laurate
- Benzyl benzoate
- Methyl octynicate
- Ethyl heptylate
- Hexyl hexanoate
- Geranyl butyrate
- Menthol
- Citric acid
- Water
- Alcohol
Where can I buy liquid nicotine?
Most electronic cigarette starter kits will already come with a supply of liquid nicotine. The same retailer will also stock extra liquid nicotine cartridges as and when you need to buy some. Here is a list of where you can get different liquid nicotine cartridges:
UK Retailer
Prezzybox
Prezzybox.com have the best prices at £4.99 for liquid nicotine but they only do the high strength pack.
LUCI
LUCI sell nicotine cartridges in mixed strength packages and have a selection of flavours: Marlboro, Menthol and Tobacco. The smallest package you can buy is 5 cartridges at £4.95 while you can buy 100 cartridges in bulk at £49.95.
Iwantoneofthose.com
Iwantoneofthose.com has a better selection of liquid nicotine cartridges with Regular, Light, Ultra-Light and even Tobacco-free flavours. They are slightly more expensive at £7.99 per 5 pack of cartridges.
If you don't mind doing a bit of DIY on the cartridges and filling up your own cartridges you can buy the liquid alone and smoke your prefered flavour. See how to refill your cartridges.
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