Vaping
What is Vaping?
The vaping industry has seen an exponential
growth over the past three years or so.
According to careful estimates, the industry
boomed from $1.7 billion to $3.5 billion, from 2013 to 2015, and is expected to
hit the $5 billion mark by the end of this year.
Despite the phenomenal growth and thousands of
people switching to vaping, many still have no clue.
Not a single day goes by when I don’t get asked
the question: what is vaping?
I get this question everywhere: emails, parties,
gatherings, social media, text messages and what not.
Sometimes, its close cousins also accompany it:
is vaping safe, what is a vaporizer, is it safer than smoking cigarettes and so
on.
So, today I decided to write this guide to
answer all these questions.
Vaping
Definition
“Vaping is the act of inhaling and exhaling the water vapor
produced by an electric device called vaporizer (or e-cigarette).”
And if you’re wondering what is water vapor or
vapor, it’s the e-liquid in gaseous form that is inhaled and exhaled by vapers.
It usually looks thicker than smoke, but
dissipates more quickly into the air and smells much better, usually like
fruit, candy, mint or the flavoring used.
Vaping is a tobacco-free, and in some cases even
nicotine-free, version of a traditional tobacco cigarette, but we don’t use the
word smoking as there is no smoke.
But just for better understanding for those who
don’t possess enough knowledge about what is vaping, I would say it’s smoking
minus tobacco, the obnoxious smell, virtually all the side-effects and health
risks, and even the smoke.
Instead of a pack of cigarette, you use an
electronic device which is usually refillable and rechargeable.
What is a Vape and How it Works?
To understand vaping, let’s figure out what is a vaporizer,
sometimes also called a vape, and how it works.
A vape or vaporizer consists of a mouthpiece,
battery, cartridge, atomizer or cartomizer, and circuitry with a sensor.
A cartomizer is a modern replacement for
atomizer that combines an atomizer and the cartridge into one unit.
The cartridge contains the e-liquid or e-juice,
while atomizer has a heating element, usually a thin metallic coil that is
heated by the power generated by the battery.
When a user takes a drag on the mouthpiece, the
battery heats up the coil, a cotton wick absorbs e-liquid from the cartridge
and when it gets in contact with the coil, which is hotter than the boiling
point of the e-liquid, it naturally turns into vapor.
This vapor is then inhaled by the user that
reaches his lungs and is then exhaled. The e-liquid usually consists of PG/VG
blend, nicotine, and flavoring.
History of Vaping
In contrary to the popular belief that vaporizers were
“invented” a few years ago, their history dates back thousands of years.
The earliest mention
of vaping can be seen in the book called The History of Herodotus by the Greek
Historian Herodotus.
He talks about the
first use of vaping while writing about the customs and traditions of
Scythians, a massive clan of Iranian Eurasian rovers who used to live in the
lands of what is now Southern Russia, back in 500BC.
Scythians would throw
weed on red-hot stones, which would turn into vapor immediately, and they would
bathe in it and inhale it.
Probably not the most
sophisticated vaporizer, but that surely was an interesting ritual.
Irfan Sheikh – the
physician of the Mughal emperor Akbar I (1542 – 1605 AD) – is accredited with
inventing hookah, many consider it a key step towards the making of the modern
vaporizer.
The first
modern-style vaporizer in the history is believed to be created and patented in
1960, by a Korean war veteran Herbert A. Gilbert.
It’s amazing that the
basic anatomy of a vape is still pretty much the same as Gilbert designed it.
Towards the end of
the 20thcentury, Bill Amato created a cult at the Sensi Seed Bank’s Hash Museum
in Amsterdam, Netherlands with his outsized weed vaporizer, which won several
awards at the exhibitions.
His biggest success is
known as the “shake and vape” vaporizer.
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| Hon Lik — father of the modern vaping |
Early and mid-2000’s
mark the modern era of vapes when many manufacturers started creating and
selling small, portable vaporizers.
Some of the early
vapes looked pretty much like a real cigarette and are sometimes referred to
cig-a-likes.
Nowadays, you can
find vaporizers in all shapes and sizes, from giant desktop models to portable
ones that are as small as a memory stick.
Vaping as a Subculture and Social Phenomenon
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| CloudFest: Toronto’s Vaping Festival |
But all that is just
the tip of an iceberg.
Vaping has become a
whole new culture, with vape manufacturers selling apparels, hats and gear
with their name on it.
What’s more, there
are vape bars and online communities.
To top it off, there
are always people who want to take it to a whole new level, and in the world of
vaping, they’re called cloud chasers.
These folks have
turned vaping into a competitive sport, which is called cloud chasing.
The goal is simple,
to produce the biggest, thickest and badest plumes of vapor. And guess what,
this is just the beginning.
Lately, vaping has
grown into something more than a subculture. For some people, it became a way
of thinking.
There are many
communities around vaping. You can check out the Vaping Daily, one of the
biggest online vaping communities and news sources.
Final
Words
After reading this guide, now you know what is vaping and
how you can vape.
However, vaporizers are only an ideal device for
ex-smokers who want to try to avoid the countless health risks of tar-laden
tobacco cigarettes.
If you are underage
or don’t smoke, just stay away from vaping.
Although there is no
combustion and vaping really doesn’t have any hazards, vapers must take caution
when charging their batteries, or vaping around other people, kids or pets.
Also, remember
nicotine can be poisonous if ingested, so make sure you keep it in child-proof
bottles, away from kids and pets.
Enjoy your vape, and
say goodbye to bad breath, cancer risks and many other perils of smoking.
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