{"id":158,"date":"2010-08-05T13:29:15","date_gmt":"2010-08-05T17:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/?page_id=158"},"modified":"2011-08-02T20:50:53","modified_gmt":"2011-08-03T00:50:53","slug":"wwv-part-1-page-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/archives\/the-wonderful-world-of-vapingan-illustrated-guide-to-e-cigs\/wwv-part-1-%e2%80%93-the-wonderful-world\/wwv-part-1-page-2\/","title":{"rendered":"<center>WWV Part I <em>(page 2)<\/em><\/center>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Initial Concerns<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>That friend of mine had two concerns about e-cigs. Perhaps you share them. Here\u2019s my response.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Health<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The e-cigarette itself (i.e., the hardware) is neither healthy nor unhealthy; it is merely an electronic device for vaporizing the liquid put in it. The liquid used in an e-cigarette contains:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>USP-grade <strong>PG <\/strong>(Propylene Glycol) \u2013 used in food flavorings, cosmetics, asthma inhalers, the artificial \u201csmoke\u201d at rock concerts, and, yes, antifreeze. [That last usage has the crazies up in arms, falsely claiming that we are inhaling antifreeze. No \u2026 just one of its many components (a very safe, natural one).] NOTE: Some people are allergic to PG (e.g., a rash or sore throat, but usually nothing serious). They should use\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>And\/or USP-grade <strong>VG <\/strong>(Vegetable Glycerin \u2013 more syrupy, and derived from veggies)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Plus a selectable amount of <strong>nicotine <\/strong>(derived from tobacco)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Plus <strong>flavoring <\/strong>(derived from different types of tobacco and\/or food\/candy flavorings).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Because the nicotine and some of the flavors are derived from tobacco, there may be very small <em>trace <\/em>amounts of the yucky stuff in analog cigarettes, at about <strong>one thousandth<\/strong> of the level found in those analogs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" id=\"ncode_imageresizer_container_26\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0px;\" title=\"exhaled vapor\" src=\"http:\/\/i562.photobucket.com\/albums\/ss67\/DonDaBoomVape\/WWV%20adds\/smokevsvaporontowel.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"232\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Any concerns you may have about the healthiness of e-cigs might be due to a misleading, scientifically-unsound, and unfair report issued by the FDA in 2009. Some of the news coverage and commentary has been negative, but not all. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2009\/aug\/06\/fda-smoke-screen-on-e-cigarettes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Here<\/a> is just one of the rational independent commentaries (which refers to the issues raised in the FDA report).<\/p>\n<p>To find out more, explore Vapers Forum&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vapersforum.com\/forumdisplay.php?f=10\" target=\"_blank\">Medical\/Health and Safety<\/a> subforum. I found articles like <a href=\"http:\/\/wivapers.blogspot.com\/2009\/09\/negative-reactions-mystify-electronic.html\" target=\"_blank\">this<\/a> especially helpful.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After an initial upfront investment, the cost of vaping will be <strong>less <\/strong>\u2013 perhaps <em>significantly <\/em>less \u2013 than smoking (<em>unless <\/em>you get carried away, as some of us do, with buying many different types of devices and purchasing the most expensive e-liquid). And even upfront, it may not be that much more.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t know how many tobacco cigarettes you smoke each day or the price where you live. For the purpose of comparison (and round numbers), I\u2019m going to <em>assume <\/em>about 1.5 packs\/day (or one carton per week), at a price of $6\/pack. If so, analog cigarettes cost you <strong>$60 <\/strong>per week \u2026 not counting ashtrays and lighters, deodorizers and air fresheners, and having to replace clothing with ugly holes caused by errant embers).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" id=\"ncode_imageresizer_container_25\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0px;\" title=\"hidden costs of smoking\" src=\"http:\/\/i562.photobucket.com\/albums\/ss67\/DonDaBoomVape\/WWV%20adds\/extracostsofsmoking.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"403\" height=\"239\" \/><\/p>\n<p>E-cigs come in all shapes, sizes, colors, flavors &#8230; and <strong>costs<\/strong>. A typical starter kit runs around $50-$70, but in <a href=\"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/?page_id=522\" target=\"_self\">Parts IV<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/?page_id=813\" target=\"_self\">V<\/a>, I\u2019ll be providing links to kits costing around $40 (often with free shipping). Adding in $30 worth of initial supplies (replacement parts and e-liquid), that\u2019s an upfront investment of <strong>$70<\/strong>, which should keep you going in hardware for quite some time and in e-liquid for at least one to two weeks. Thereafter, you will need only more e-liq<!-- \/ message --><!-- edit note -->uid and replacement parts (and maybe a few accessories), averaging perhaps <strong>$20-$40<\/strong> per week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/?page_id=180\" target=\"_self\">Next page: <em><strong>Why <\/strong>e-cigs are better than analogs<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/?page_id=145\" target=\"_self\">Previous page: <em>Caveats and Jargon<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Initial Concerns That friend of mine had two concerns about e-cigs. Perhaps you share them. Here\u2019s my response. Health The e-cigarette itself (i.e., the hardware) is neither healthy nor unhealthy; it is merely an electronic device for vaporizing the liquid put in it. The liquid used in an e-cigarette contains: USP-grade PG (Propylene Glycol) \u2013 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":145,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/158"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2680,"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/158\/revisions\/2680"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}